# Using the Direct API

### API Parameters for Usage

#### The API supports the parameters below:

METRIC, LOCATION, MONTH, YEAR, DAY

These are used in the API as such: /api/v1/{METRIC}/{LOCATION}/{YEAR}/{MONTH}/{DAY}?key={YOUR KEY HERE}

#### Basic Example Usage:

api.floodlightinvest.com/api/v1/risk\_measure/0001/2022/01?key={YOUR KEY HERE}

**Detailed Access**:

#### Possible Values for METRIC:

* `risk_measure`
* `biomass`
* `tree_presence`
* `scope_1_emissions`
* `scope_2_emissions`
* `total_emissions`
* `hazards` (filtered based on API key permissions)
* `current_conditions`
* `biodiversity`

#### Possible Values for LOCATION:

* `geographic_coordinates` (latitude, longitude)
* `country_code` (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 or alpha-3)
* `region` (specified by the region's common name)
* `city` (specified by the city's common name)
* `postal_code` (zipcode or equivalent system globally)
* `site_id` (unique identifier for properties within the system)

#### Possible Values for YEAR:

* `current_year` (the ongoing calendar year)
* `last_year` (the immediate past calendar year)
* A specific year (e.g., `2022`, `2021`, `2020`)

#### Possible Values for MONTH (optional):

* `current_month`
* `last_month`
* `01` (January)
* `02` (February)
* `03` (March)
* `04` (April)
* `05` (May)
* `06` (June)
* `07` (July)
* `08` (August)
* `09` (September)
* `10` (October)
* `11` (November)
* `12` (December)

#### Possible Values for DAY (optional):

* `01` through `31` representing the day of the month.
* `current_day` (today's date)
* `yesterday` (yesterday's date)