Create EC3 Job - Carbon Calculation

Carbon Calculation

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This API is a Technical Preview and is available for testing purposes only. Do not use in production.

POST https://api.bentley.com/insights/carbon-calculation/ec3/jobs

Uploads report data to EC3.

EC3

Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3), is a free database of construction EPDs with a matching building impact calculator for use in design and material procurement. EC3 is built by Building Transparency with a core mission to provide open access data and the tools necessary to enable broad and swift action across the building industry addressing embodied carbon's role in climate change. Bentley's iTwin platform integration with EC3 allows you to take Quantity Takeoff Reports created using the iTwin Reporting platform and export them to EC3 for convenient Life Cycle Analysis for both infrastructure projects and buildings. The iTwin platform enables the incorporation of engineering data created by various design tools. A summary of the design data is exported through this integration, allowing you to gain insights into the environmental impacts of your infrastructure project.

For guidance on creating a report, see iTwin Reporting Platform documentation.

For guidance on how to use EC3, terminology and data requirements, see EC3 User Guide.

An account with EC3 is required to use this integration. User accounts are created at EC3. For guidance on EC3, please contact EC3 support.

Bentley is not responsible or liable for third-party resources' content, products, services, or practices and does not make any representations regarding their quality, availability or accuracy. Access and use of EC3 resources are subject to the terms and conditions set forth by EC3.

Authentication

Requires Authorization header with valid Bearer token for scope itwin-platform.

For more documentation on authorization and how to get access token visit OAUTH2 Authorization page.

Authorization

User must have carbon_calculate permission(s) assigned at the Project level.

Alternatively the user should be an Organization Administrator for the Organization that owns a given Project.

An Organization Administrator must have at least one of the following roles assigned in User Management: Account Administrator, Co-Administrator, or CONNECT Services Administrator. For more information about User Management please visit our Bentley Communities Licensing, Cloud, and Web Services wiki page.

Request

Request headers

Authorization

Yes

OAuth access token with itwin-platform scope

Yes

Setting to application/vnd.bentley.itwin-platform.v1+json is recommended.

Request body

EC3JobReportCreate (Report)

ec3BearerToken

String

Yes

EC3 Bearer token with read write scope. Acquiring a token is possible using EC3 APIs. Contact apisupport@buildingtransparency.org for support.

configurationId

String

Yes

Id of Configuration to upload into EC3.

projectName

String

Yes

Name of the Project to be created in EC3.

Example

json

{
    "ec3BearerToken": "token",
    "configurationId": "7f0a9da2-bb7f-45fa-9b90-d6e132a5fee7",
    "projectName": "EC3 Project Name"
}

EC3JobExtractionCreate (Extraction)

ec3BearerToken

String

Yes

EC3 Bearer token with read write scope. Acquiring a token is possible using EC3 APIs. Contact apisupport@buildingtransparency.org for support.

configurationId

String

Yes

Id of Configuration to upload into EC3.

projectName

String

Yes

Name of the Project to be created in EC3.

extractionId

String

Yes

Id of the Extraction to upload into EC3

Example

json

{
    "ec3BearerToken": "token",
    "configurationId": "7f0a9da2-bb7f-45fa-9b90-d6e132a5fee7",
    "projectName": "EC3 Project Name",
    "extractionId": "17f3502c-b406-46b0-a4ca-e896fa20dd9d"
}

Response

Response 200 OK

json

{
    "job": {
        "id": "f2b60c24-ae10-4cae-9c57-3b4728ef848b_e4264cd1-eb3d-4708-9b2b-3902e3c70676",
        "_links": {
            "status": {
                "href": "https://api.bentley.com/insights/carbon-calculation/ec3/jobs/f2b60c24-ae10-4cae-9c57-3b4728ef848b_e4264cd1-eb3d-4708-9b2b-3902e3c70676"
            }
        }
    }
}

Response 401 Unauthorized

This response indicates that request lacks valid authentication credentials. Access token might not been provided, issued by the wrong issuer, does not have required scopes or request headers were malformed.

json

{
    "error": {
        "code": "HeaderNotFound",
        "message": "Header Authorization was not found in the request. Access denied."
    }
}

Response 422 Unprocessable Entity

The 422 (Unprocessable Entity) status code indicates that the request cannot be processed by the server due to a client error (e.g. malformed request syntax).

json

{
    "error": {
        "code": "InvalidCarbonCalculationRequest",
        "message": "Error message."
    }
}

Response 429 Too many requests

This response indicates that the client sent more requests than allowed by this API for the current tier of the client.

json

{
    "error": {
        "code": "RateLimitExceeded",
        "message": "The client sent more requests than allowed by this API for the current tier of the client."
    }
}

Response headers

retry-after

Number of seconds to wait until client is allowed to make more requests.

Definitions

EC3 Job

String

Id of started EC3 upload job.

_links

EC3JobLinks

Contains the hyperlinks to the related data of the EC3 Job.

json

{
    "title": "EC3 Job",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
        "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Id of started EC3 upload job."
        },
        "_links": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EC3JobLinks",
            "description": "Contains the hyperlinks to the related data of the EC3 Job."
        }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
}

EC3 Job (create)

ec3BearerToken

String

EC3 Bearer token with read write scope. Acquiring a token is possible using EC3 APIs. Contact apisupport@buildingtransparency.org for support.

configurationId

String

Id of Configuration to upload into EC3.

projectName

String

Name of the Project to be created in EC3.

extractionId

String

Id of the Extraction to upload into EC3

json

{
    "title": "EC3 Job (create)",
    "required": [
        "ec3BearerToken",
        "configurationId",
        "projectName",
        "extractionId"
    ],
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
        "ec3BearerToken": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "EC3 Bearer token with `read write` scope. Acquiring a token is possible using [EC3 APIs](https://buildingtransparency.org/ec3/manage-apps/api-doc/guide#/2._Accessing_API/authentication.md). Contact apisupport@buildingtransparency.org for support."
        },
        "configurationId": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Id of Configuration to upload into EC3."
        },
        "projectName": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Name of the Project to be created in EC3."
        },
        "extractionId": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Id of the Extraction to upload into EC3"
        }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
}

EC3 Job (create)

ec3BearerToken

String

EC3 Bearer token with read write scope. Acquiring a token is possible using EC3 APIs. Contact apisupport@buildingtransparency.org for support.

configurationId

String

Id of Configuration to upload into EC3.

projectName

String

Name of the Project to be created in EC3.

json

{
    "title": "EC3 Job (create)",
    "required": [
        "ec3BearerToken",
        "configurationId",
        "projectName"
    ],
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
        "ec3BearerToken": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "EC3 Bearer token with `read write` scope. Acquiring a token is possible using [EC3 APIs](https://buildingtransparency.org/ec3/manage-apps/api-doc/guide#/2._Accessing_API/authentication.md). Contact apisupport@buildingtransparency.org for support."
        },
        "configurationId": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Id of Configuration to upload into EC3."
        },
        "projectName": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Name of the Project to be created in EC3."
        }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
}

EC3 Job response

job

EC3Job

json

{
    "title": "EC3 Job response",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
        "job": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EC3Job"
        }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
}

Link

Hyperlink container.

href

String

Hyperlink to the specific entity.

json

{
    "title": "Link",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
        "href": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Hyperlink to the specific entity."
        }
    },
    "description": "Hyperlink container.",
    "additionalProperties": false
}

EC3 Job links

URLs for getting related data.

status

Link

Link to retrieve ec3 project.

json

{
    "title": "EC3 Job links",
    "type": "object",
    "description": "URLs for getting related data.",
    "properties": {
        "status": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Link",
            "description": "Link to retrieve ec3 project."
        }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
}

Error

Contains error information.

code

String

One of a server-defined set of error codes.

message

String

A human-readable representation of the error.

target

String, null

The target of the error.

json

{
    "type": "object",
    "description": "Contains error information.",
    "properties": {
        "code": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "One of a server-defined set of error codes."
        },
        "message": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "A human-readable representation of the error."
        },
        "target": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The target of the error.",
            "nullable": true
        }
    },
    "required": [
        "code",
        "message"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": true
}

Error Response

Gives details for an error that occurred while handling the request. Note that clients MUST NOT assume that every failed request will produce an object of this schema, or that all of the properties in the response will be non-null, as the error may have prevented this response from being constructed.

error

Error

Error information.

json

{
    "type": "object",
    "title": "Error Response",
    "description": "Gives details for an error that occurred while handling the request. Note that clients MUST NOT assume that every failed request will produce an object of this schema, or that all of the properties in the response will be non-null, as the error may have prevented this response from being constructed.",
    "properties": {
        "error": {
            "description": "Error information.",
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
        }
    },
    "required": [
        "error"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": false
}

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