Gravitational potential energy API

Compute gravitational potential energy (PE = m·g·h) using standard gravity 9.80665 m/s² (overridable). Answers 'potential energy of 10kg at 5m','how much energy to lift this','PE on the Moon with custom gravity'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/calc/eng-potential-energy

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit120/minute

CacheNo cache

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API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/calc/eng-potential-energy

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "massKg": 10,
  "heightM": 5
}

Example response

{
  "massKg": 10,
  "heightM": 5,
  "gravityMs2": 9.80665,
  "potentialEnergyJ": 490.3325,
  "potentialEnergyKJ": 0.490333,
  "formula": "PE = m * g * h"
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "massKg",
    "heightM"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "massKg": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "kilograms",
      "examples": [
        10
      ]
    },
    "heightM": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "metres",
      "examples": [
        5
      ]
    },
    "gravity": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "m/s² (default 9.80665)",
      "examples": [
        9.80665
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

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