Capture Carbon

Looking to offset carbon emissions directly through your app or digital service? The Capture Carbon API enables developers and businesses to remove carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere programmatically, helping you or your users contribute to climate action with just one API call.

You can capture carbon on behalf of your organization or on behalf of your customers. To give customers visibility into their environmental contribution, include the customer_email in your request. After processing, we'll send them an email with a secure link to track their carbon capture impact in real time through a personalized dashboard.

POST/v1/capture_carbon

Capture carbon

This endpoint enables you to capture carbon. To capture carbon on behalf of your customers, you must provide the customer_email. customer_name is optional. However, if you plan to make an impact on behalf of your customers or give them the ability to track their impact, you need to provide the customer_email.

Required request body attributes

Name
amount
Type
integer
Description
The amount of carbon (in lbs) you wish to capture in a single request. The value must be between 1 and 10,000,000.

Optional request body attributes

Name
customer_email
Type
string
Description
The email of the customer if you are sending a request to capture carbon on their behalf. Must be a valid email address.
Name
customer_name
Type
string
Description
The name of the customer if you are sending a request to capture carbon on their behalf. customer_email must be present.

Request

POST

/v1/capture_carbon

curl --location 'https://api.1clickimpact.com/v1/capture_carbon' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: {PRODUCTION API KEY}' \
--data '{
    "amount": 5
}'

Response

{
  "user_id": "U123",
  "carbon_captured": 5,
  "time_utc": "2024-09-16T20:34:04.429Z"
}

Request (for Customer)

POST

/v1/capture_carbon

curl --location https://api.1clickimpact.com/v1/capture_carbon \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: {PRODUCTION API KEY}' \
--data '{
    "amount": 5,
    "customer_email": "sample-customer@email.com",
    "customer_name": "Sample Customer"
}'

Response (for Customer)

{
  "user_id": "U123",
  "carbon_captured": 5,
  "customer": {
    "customer_id": "U12345",
    "customer_email": "sample-customer@email.com",
    "customer_name": "Sample Customer"
  },
  "time_utc": "2024-09-16T20:34:04.429Z"
}

GET/v1/records

Retrieve your carbon captured records

This endpoint allows you to query your carbon captured records. Refer to customer records at the bottom to see how to query customer carbon captured records.

Optional query params

Name
filter_by
Type
string
Description
The impact type of the records you want to query. To retrieve the carbon captured records filter_by should be "carbon_captured".
Name
start_date
Type
string
Description
The start date after which you want to query the records. The start_date should be in the format yyyy-mm-dd.
Name
end_date
Type
string
Description
The end date up to which you want to query the records. The end_date should be in the format yyyy-mm-dd.
Name
limit
Type
integer
Description
Limit the number of records returned. The default value is 10. The value must be between 0 and 1000.
Name
cursor
Type
string
Description
The cursor from the response can be used as query parameter in the next request to fetch the subsequent list of records. Refer to Pagination section for more details.

Request

GET

/v1/records

curl --location 'https://api.1clickimpact.com/v1/records?filter_by=carbon_captured' \
--header 'x-api-key: {PRODUCTION API KEY}'

Response

{
  "user_records":
  [
    {
        "user_id": "U123",
        "time_utc": "2024-09-16T20:30:13.391Z",
        "carbon_captured": 5
    },
    {
        "user_id": "U123",
        "time_utc": "2024-09-17T13:24:04.429Z",
        "carbon_captured": 15
    },
    {
        "user_id": "U123",
        "time_utc": "2024-09-17T14:32:01.638Z",
        "carbon_captured": 10
    },
    {...},
    {...}
  ],
  "cursor": "fNJjcmV32dGVkTiOiIyMDI0LTA3LTidXNlcklE3UiVTk2OTQ0MDcwIpT"
}

GET/v1/customer_records

Retrieve customer carbon captured records

This endpoint allows you to query customer carbon captured records for all or a specific customer.

Optional query params

Name
customer_email
Type
string
Description
The email of the customer whose records you want to retrieve.
Name
filter_by
Type
string
Description
The impact type of the records you want to query. To retrieve the carbon captured records filter_by should be "carbon_captured".
Name
start_date
Type
string
Description
The start date after which you want to query the records. The start_date should be in the format yyyy-mm-dd.
Name
end_date
Type
string
Description
The end date up to which you want to query the records. The end_date should be in the format yyyy-mm-dd.
Name
limit
Type
integer
Description
Limit the number of records returned. The default value is 10. The value must be between 0 and 1000.
Name
cursor
Type
string
Description
The cursor from the response can be used as query parameter in the next request to fetch the subsequent list of records. Refer to Pagination section for more details.

Request

GET

/v1/customer_records

curl --location 'https://api.1clickimpact.com/v1/customer_records?filter_by=carbon_captured' \
--header 'x-api-key: {PRODUCTION API KEY}'

Response

{
  "customer_records":
  [
     {
        "user_id": "U123",
        "customer": {
            "customer_id": "U1234",
            "customer_email": "sample-customer-1@email.com",
            "customer_name": "Sample Customer 1"
        },
        "time_utc": "2024-06-12T15:22:14.753Z",
        "carbon_captured": 40
    },
    {
        "user_id": "U123",
        "customer": {
            "customer_id": "U789",
            "customer_email": "sample-customer-2@email.com",
            "customer_name": "Sample Customer 2"
        },
        "time_utc": "2024-06-15T16:41:58.323Z",
        "carbon_captured": 50
    },
    {
        "user_id": "U123",
        "customer": {
            "customer_id": "U5678",
             "customer_email": "sample-customer-3@email.com",
            "customer_name": "Sample Customer 3"
        },
        "time_utc": "2024-06-21T18:16:02.083Z",
        "carbon_captured": 10
    },
    {
        "user_id": "U123",
        "customer": {
            "customer_id": "U3456",
            "customer_email": "sample-customer-4@email.com",
            "customer_name": "Sample Customer 4"
        },
        "time_utc": "2024-06-21T20:34:35.913Z",
        "carbon_captured": 150
    },
    {...},
    {...}
  ],
  "cursor": "eyJjcmVhdGVkT24iOiIyMDI0LTA3LTidXNlcklEIjoiVTk2OTQ0MDcwIn0="
}