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GET /v1/lux

Lux / footcandle / lumens

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Custom headers (optional)
api.oanor.com/lighting-api

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/lighting-api/v1/lux" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/lighting-api/v1/lux", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/lighting-api/v1/lux");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/lighting-api/v1/lux",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "lux": 500,
        "note": "Illuminance: lux = lumens ÷ area (m²). 1 footcandle = 10.764 lux.",
        "lumens": 10000,
        "area_m2": 20,
        "footcandles": 46.452
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-03T17:41:55.055Z",
        "request_id": "63b2be74-18fa-48f9-ba68-6670be433643"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Lux / footcandle conversion",
    "success": true
}