Quick start

Authorization

How to authenticate your requests to the Electricity Maps API.

All requests to the API (except for /zones) must be authorized.

The API key should be included as a header on the request: auth-token: my-api-token.

Example with cURL:

curl 'https://api.electricitymaps.com/v4/carbon-intensity/latest?zone=DE' \
-H 'auth-token: my-api-token'

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Introduction

An overview of the Electricity Maps API documentation.

Geolocation

The different ways to tell the API which area you want data for.