Video streaming CO2 footprint API

Estimate streaming CO2e from hours and quality: data = GB/hour (SD 0.7, HD 3, 4K 7, audio 0.072) x hours; network/data-center energy = data x 0.06 kWh/GB; device energy = watts x hours; total kWh x grid intensity. Returns gigabytes, network/device/total kWh, grams/kg CO2e and tree equivalents. Answers 'CO2 of streaming 4K for 10 hours','footprint of Netflix binge','data center emissions of streaming','HD vs 4K carbon'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/calc/carbon-streaming-footprint

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit120/minute

CacheNo cache

carbonstreamingvideodigitalemissionsco2footprintenergy

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/calc/carbon-streaming-footprint

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "hours": 10,
  "quality": "4k"
}

Example response

{
  "hours": 10,
  "quality": "4k",
  "gigabytes": 70,
  "gridKgCO2PerKwh": 0.4,
  "deviceWatts": 50,
  "networkKwh": 4.2,
  "deviceKwh": 0.5,
  "totalKwh": 4.7,
  "totalKgCO2e": 1.88,
  "totalGramsCO2e": 1880,
  "equivalentTrees": 0.09
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "hours"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "hours": {
      "type": "number",
      "examples": [
        10
      ]
    },
    "quality": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "sd",
        "hd",
        "4k",
        "audio"
      ],
      "default": "hd"
    },
    "gridKgCO2PerKwh": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 0.4
    },
    "deviceWatts": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 50
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}