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Building REST API for Digital Universe

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November 08, 2014
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Building REST API for Digital Universe

My talk at AMNH hackathlon for Star API developed during the hackathlon

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November 08, 2014
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Transcript

  1. Building REST API for DigitalUniverse http://star-api.herokuapp.com/

  2. Team wallyqs surenm nicholalexandar zniazi jdmcpeek NancyKo

  3. None

  4. Y U NO 
 API ???

  5. None

  6. Goals • Simple REST API (mostly just GET) • Fast

    and efficient • Advanced filtering and searching

  7. Technology

  8. Stars /api/v1/stars /api/v1/stars?page=2

  9. Stars by label /api/v1/stars/Sun

  10. Filters /api/v1/stars?min[colorb_v]=-1.0&max[colorb_v]=0 /api/v1/stars?max[lum]=0.3

  11. Other datasets /api/v1/exo_planets /api/v1/constellations /api/v1/local_groups /api/v1/open_clusters expl.speck constellations.speck localgroup.speck oc.speck

  12. Search /api/v1/search?q=sun /api/v1/search?q=HD

  13. Whats ahead?? /api/v2/stars_in_region/?x,y,z,radius /api/v2/2mass/?x,y,z /api/v2/NORAD/?satellite

  14. None

  15. Fin. http://star-api.herokuapp.com/