What Is the 247Candle API?

The 247Candle API is a simple way for software to light a virtual candle. Instead of opening the website and filling in the form by hand, an app, automation, or AI agent can send a JSON request and receive a candle URL in return.

The API is public, but separate from the website pages. Visitors use the website. Software uses the API.

What can the API do?

The first version focuses on one meaningful action: creating a candle. A request can include who the candle is for, a short message, the display name of the person lighting it, and the country code.

When the candle is created, the API returns a public URL. That URL can be shared, opened, or shown inside another workflow.

Who is it for?

The API is useful for AI assistants, personal automations, memorial websites, community platforms, churches, and tools that want to add a quiet candle-lighting moment without building the candle experience from scratch.

Why keep the API separate from the website?

The regular page at https://www.247candle.com/candles is meant for people. The API endpoint at https://www.247candle.com/api/v1/candles/ is meant for machines. Keeping those separate makes the website clearer and the API more predictable.

Where can developers start?

The public API documentation is available at https://www.247candle.com/api/. It includes the endpoint, fields, errors, and a link to the OpenAPI schema.

If you simply want to light a candle by hand, you can still use the regular page: light a candle on 247Candle.