Cariqa

Cariqa provides backend-to-backend payment and access infrastructure for EV charging across Europe. Its Connect API lets OEMs, mobility services, fleets and platforms offer electric-vehicle charging through a single integration — discovering charging stations and live connector availability, creating and managing users, collecting payment methods via Stripe (PSD2/SCA compliant), starting and stopping charging sessions on 900,000+ charge points, and retrieving session history, debts and invoices. Cariqa removes reseller markups so charge point operators set the price drivers pay, while platforms earn a transaction revenue share. Backed by Anthemis and Techstars.

Cariqa publishes 7 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Billing Details API, Charging Sessions API, Debts API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Company, EV Charging, Electric Vehicles, Payments, and Mobility.

The Cariqa catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Cariqa’s developer surface includes authentication, changelog, sandbox, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, quickstart, and 21 more developer resources.

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47.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 30/100 agent ready Front door AI 2/6 trace Heartbeat 73/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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1 published contract 1 MCP Servers 3 Agent Skills

Company EV Charging Electric Vehicles Payments Mobility E-Mobility Charge Point Operator Energy

What this lets a business do 2

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

EV Charging Network Operations Management

BC-3480

Charging SessionsInvoicesUsers

POST /api/v1/users/{user_id}/charging/start/ GET /api/v1/users/{user_id}/invoices/ POST /api/v1/users/ DELETE /api/v1/users/{user_id}/

Location & Mapping

AE-120

Stations

GET /api/v1/stations/around/ GET /api/v1/stations/details/ GET /api/v1/stations/tile/

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 47.3/100 · developing

Contract Quality 10.7 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 9.9 / 15

Access Clarity 3.2 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.8 / 10

Contract Governance 1.6 / 9

Discoverability 5.4 / 8

Regulatory Posture 3.7 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 30/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Rate-Limit Signaling +7 pts — OpenAPI responses document X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit headers (verified), else a rate_limits artifact or RateLimits link (documented)
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)

7 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 21.1 — up to +15.8 composite points
Contract Quality scores 57.3 — up to +10.7 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 18.4 — up to +10.6 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
EV Charging (charging, roaming, e-mobility)	undeclared	-	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

measured — observed by APIs.io (documented)

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 7

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Cariqa Billing Details API

The Billing Details API from Cariqa — 1 operation(s) for billing details.

Cariqa Charging Sessions API

The Charging Sessions API from Cariqa — 4 operation(s) for charging sessions.

Cariqa Debts API

The Debts API from Cariqa — 1 operation(s) for debts.

Cariqa Invoices API

The Invoices API from Cariqa — 1 operation(s) for invoices.

Cariqa Payments API

The Payments API from Cariqa — 4 operation(s) for payments.

Cariqa Stations API

The Stations API from Cariqa — 4 operation(s) for stations.

Cariqa Users API

The Users API from Cariqa — 2 operation(s) for users.

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Open Collections 7

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Cariqa Connect Billing Details API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cariqa Connect Billing Details Charging Sessions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cariqa Connect Billing Details Debts API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cariqa Connect Billing Details Invoices API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cariqa Connect Billing Details Payments API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cariqa Connect Billing Details Stations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cariqa Connect Billing Details Users API

OPEN COLLECTION

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Cariqa MCP Server

Official hosted MCP server for the Cariqa Connect API. Gives AI coding agents native access to the entire Connect API knowledge base — documentation, code examples, API referenc...

MCP SERVER

Agent Skills 3

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

Discover charging stations near a location

AGENT SKILL

Onboard a user and attach a payment method

AGENT SKILL

Start and stop a charging session

AGENT SKILL

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Cariqa API Rules

56 rules · 46 errors 9 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 1

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Cariqa Openapi Overlay

3 actions · update · cariqa-openapi-original.yml

DERIVED

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Cariqa Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Cariqa Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Cariqa Agentic Access

22 operations · 9 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

22 operations · 9 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Sandbox

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

Quickstart

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

OpenAPI

OpenAPI

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

AgenticAccess

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Conformance

Lifecycle

DataModel

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

DeclineCodes

DeclineCodes

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Website

Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: cariqa
name: Cariqa
description: Cariqa provides backend-to-backend payment and access infrastructure for EV charging across Europe. Its Connect
  API lets OEMs, mobility services, fleets and platforms offer electric-vehicle charging through a single integration — discovering
  charging stations and live connector availability, creating and managing users, collecting payment methods via Stripe (PSD2/SCA
  compliant), starting and stopping charging sessions on 900,000+ charge points, and retrieving session history, debts and
  invoices. Cariqa removes reseller markups so charge point operators set the price drivers pay, while platforms earn a transaction
  revenue share. Backed by Anthemis and Techstars.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cariqa/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- anthemis
- techstars
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/665b067716979bea8b47153d/698ef2f263134d677dd448fd_cariqa-og-home-1200x630-v1.png
x-docs-platform: mintlify
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-09-21
tags:
- Company
- EV Charging
- Electric Vehicles
- Payments
- Mobility
- E-Mobility
- Charge Point Operator
- Energy
tags_raw:
- Company
- EV Charging
- Electric Vehicles
- Payments
- Mobility
- e-Mobility
- Charge Point Operator
- Energy
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- aid: cariqa:cariqa-billing-details-api
  name: Cariqa Billing Details API
  description: The Billing Details API from Cariqa — 1 operation(s) for billing details.
  humanURL: https://docs.cariqa.com
  baseURL: https://connect.cariqa.com
  tags:
  - Billing Details
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cariqa-billing-details-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/api-reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/getting-started
  - type: Quickstart
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/quickstart
- aid: cariqa:cariqa-charging-sessions-api
  name: Cariqa Charging Sessions API
  description: The Charging Sessions API from Cariqa — 4 operation(s) for charging sessions.
  humanURL: https://docs.cariqa.com
  baseURL: https://connect.cariqa.com
  tags:
  - Charging Sessions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cariqa-charging-sessions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/api-reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/getting-started
  - type: Quickstart
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/quickstart
- aid: cariqa:cariqa-debts-api
  name: Cariqa Debts API
  description: The Debts API from Cariqa — 1 operation(s) for debts.
  humanURL: https://docs.cariqa.com
  baseURL: https://connect.cariqa.com
  tags:
  - Debts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cariqa-debts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/api-reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/getting-started
  - type: Quickstart
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/quickstart
- aid: cariqa:cariqa-invoices-api
  name: Cariqa Invoices API
  description: The Invoices API from Cariqa — 1 operation(s) for invoices.
  humanURL: https://docs.cariqa.com
  baseURL: https://connect.cariqa.com
  tags:
  - Invoices
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cariqa-invoices-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/api-reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/getting-started
  - type: Quickstart
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/quickstart
- aid: cariqa:cariqa-payments-api
  name: Cariqa Payments API
  description: The Payments API from Cariqa — 4 operation(s) for payments.
  humanURL: https://docs.cariqa.com
  baseURL: https://connect.cariqa.com
  tags:
  - Payments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cariqa-payments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/api-reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/getting-started
  - type: Quickstart
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/quickstart
- aid: cariqa:cariqa-stations-api
  name: Cariqa Stations API
  description: The Stations API from Cariqa — 4 operation(s) for stations.
  humanURL: https://docs.cariqa.com
  baseURL: https://connect.cariqa.com
  tags:
  - Stations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cariqa-stations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/api-reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/getting-started
  - type: Quickstart
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/quickstart
- aid: cariqa:cariqa-users-api
  name: Cariqa Users API
  description: The Users API from Cariqa — 2 operation(s) for users.
  humanURL: https://docs.cariqa.com
  baseURL: https://connect.cariqa.com
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cariqa-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/api-reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/getting-started
  - type: Quickstart
    url: https://docs.cariqa.com/quickstart
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/cariqa-capability-edges.yml
  name: Cariqa Business Capability Map
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/_original/cariqa-openapi-original.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/cariqa-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/cariqa-authentication.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/cariqa-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/cariqa-llms.txt
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/cariqa-agentic-access.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/cariqa-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/cariqa-problem-types.yml
- type: DeclineCodes
  url: errors/cariqa-decline-codes.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/cariqa-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/cariqa-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/cariqa-changelog.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/cariqa-data-model.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/cariqa-sandbox.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cariqa-domain-security.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.cariqa.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.cariqa.com
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.cariqa.com/api-reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.cariqa.com/getting-started
- type: Quickstart
  url: https://docs.cariqa.com/quickstart
- type: Support
  url: https://help.cariqa.com/en/
- type: Blog
  url: https://cariqa.com/en/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Cariqa
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://cariqa.com/en/terms-conditions
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://cariqa.com/en/privacy
- type: Website
  url: https://cariqa.com/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

Cariqa API — frequently asked questions

Does Cariqa have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 7 APIs from Cariqa, including Cariqa Billing Details API, Cariqa Charging Sessions API and Cariqa Debts API, and 4 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Cariqa API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 7 OpenAPI specifications for Cariqa, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Cariqa API?

Cariqa uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Cariqa Authentication.

Does Cariqa have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Cariqa: Official hosted MCP server for the Cariqa Connect API. Gives AI coding agents native access to the entire Connect API knowledge base — documentation, code examples, API reference, and guides. Agents c

Is the Cariqa API ready for AI agents?

Cariqa has a Kin Score of 47.3 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 29.6 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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