Air pollution in Africa

Data & API

This page provides access to the Kumasi measurement dataset. Download the full dataset or use the public API for research, analysis, and integration.

Donwload

Downloads always return the full dataset and do not accept filters.

API Documentation

Base endpoint

GET

Authentication

All API requests require an API key.

Code line: ?apikey=YOUR_KEY

GET

Pagination

Results are paginated to limit response size.

Code line: &page=2&limit=5

&page=X Page number (default: 1)

&limit=X Points per page (default: 50 max: 200)

- For page 2 with a max of 5 points per page

GET

Filtering by activity status

Filter points by whether they are active.

Code line: &active=true

&active=true Only active points

&active=false Only inactive points

&active=all All points (default)

- For only the active points

GET

Filtering by point number

Retrieve one or more specific measurement points.

Code line: &point=14

Code line: &pointMin=5&pointMax=10

&point=X For an exact point number.

&pointMin=X Minimum point number.

&pointMax=X Maximum point number.

- For point 14

GET

- For the points 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10

GET

Including measurements

By default, measurement data is not included to save data traffic.

Code line: &includeMeasurements=true

- To include measurements

GET

Filtering measurements by month

Filter measurements using a month range (YYYY-MM).

Code line: &mFrom=2025-9&mTo=2025-11

&mFrom=2025-X

mTo=2025-X

- For the measurements from 9-2025 till 11-2025

GET

- For the measurements from 11-2025

GET

Latest measurement only

Return only the most recent measurement per point.

Code line: &latestOnly=true

- To only return the latest measurementsa.

GET

Limit measurements per point

Restrict the number of measurements returned per point.
It always picks the latest X measurements.

Code line: &mLimit=6

&mLimit=X

- To only get 6 measurements per point

GET