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Lighting Calculator API

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Lighting design maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically. The room endpoint works out how many lumens a room needs from its area and a target illuminance — given directly in lux or chosen from a room-type preset (living, kitchen, office, workshop and more) — and, optionally, how many fixtures at a given lumen output and how many watts at a given lamp type. The lux endpoint converts between lux, footcandles and lumens over an area, so you can find the illuminance from a light output and a room size or vice versa. The efficacy endpoint relates lumens, watts and luminous efficacy (lumens per watt): give any two — or a lamp-type preset such as incandescent, halogen, CFL or LED — and it computes the third. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. It is a lumen-method estimate: target levels are typical guidance (EN 12464 / IES) and a full design would add room and utilisation factors. Ideal for lighting and electrical tools, interior-design and home apps, retrofit and energy-saving calculators, and smart-home planning. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 endpoints. This is illumination maths; for Ohm's-law electrical quantities use an electronics API.

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/api/lighting-api/openapi.json
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Free

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  • 10,335 calls / month
  • 2 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 10,335 calls/month
  • 2 req/sec
  • Room + lux + efficacy
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Starter

€11.85 /month

  • 19,950 calls / month
  • 8 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 19.95k calls/month
  • 8 req/sec
  • Room presets + footcandles
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Pro

€31.75 /month

  • 249,500 calls / month
  • 20 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 249.5k calls/month
  • 20 req/sec
  • Lighting / electrical pipelines
  • Priority support
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Mega

€69.75 /month

  • 1,290,000 calls / month
  • 50 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 1.29M calls/month
  • 50 req/sec
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Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about pricing, quotas, and integration.

How do I get an API key for Lighting Calculator API?
Sign up for free at oanor.com, generate an API key from the developer dashboard, and call Lighting Calculator API with the x-oanor-key header. No credit card needed for the free tier.
What's the rate limit for Lighting Calculator API?
Free tier allows 1 request per second. Paid plans scale up to 50 requests per second on the Mega tier. Hard limits return HTTP 429 above the quota — no surprise overage charges.
How much does Lighting Calculator API cost?
Lighting Calculator API has a free tier with 100 calls / month. Paid plans start at €11.85 / month with higher quotas and faster rate limits.
Can I cancel my subscription anytime?
Yes. Plans are billed monthly and you can cancel anytime from your billing dashboard. No long-term contracts and no cancellation fee.
Is Lighting Calculator API GDPR-compliant?
All requests to Lighting Calculator API go through our EU-based gateway. Your upstream API key never leaves our server and no personal data is shared with the upstream provider beyond the request you send.

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curl https://api.oanor.com/lighting-api/SOME_PATH \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
const res = await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/lighting-api/SOME_PATH", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
const data = await res.json();
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/lighting-api/SOME_PATH");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
r = requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/lighting-api/SOME_PATH",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."},
)
print(r.json())

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