astrodata-api

README

Astrodata API

Project structure:

astrodata-api
│
├── api
│   ├── handlers.go
│   ├── handlers_test.go
│   ├── health
│   │   ├── health.go
│   │   └── health_test.go
│   └── models.go
├── core
│   ├── core.go
│   ├── core_test.go
│   └── parser.go
├── db
│   ├── db.go
│   ├── db_test.go
│   └── models.go
├── go.mod
├── go.sum
├── LICENSE
├── main.go
├── README.md
└── vars
    └── vars.go

Api docs

• This readme file provides an overview and documentation for the astrodata_api application's RESTful API, focusing on the package handlers.

• The API provides access to various space weather data retrieval endpoints:

Endpoints:

• Base URL: https://i_don't_have_yet/api :(
• Health check

GET /health

• Description: checks the health of the API

• Response:

status Code: 200 OK
content-Type: application/json

Dst data

• Description: returns dst data for n period

GET /dst/7d

GET /dst/current-month

GET /dst/last-month

GET /dst/now

GET /api/dst/by-date?date=data (YYYYMM format, Example: 202306)

GET /dst/now/strength

• Response:

Status Code: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

Predictions (60% sure)

• Description: calculate and returns the predicted dst index for the next n hours (future predict (60% sure))

GET /predict/6h

GET /predict/1d

• Response:

Status Code: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

Bz data

• Description: retrieve bz data for n period

GET /bz/6h

GET /bz/1d

GET /bz/3d

GET /bz/7d

GET /api/bz/7d

GET /bz/now

GET /bz/now/strength

Plasma temperature data

• Description: retrieve time plasma temperature data for n time period

GET /plasma/now

GET /plasma/2h

GET /plasma/6h

GET /plasma/1d

GET /api/plasma/1d

GET /plasma/3d

GET /api/plasma/3d

GET /plasma/7d

• Error Responses

Status Code: 400 Bad Request
Content-Type: application/json

• Example error Response:

{
  "error": "date parameter is missing!"
}

{
  "error": "Invalid date format"
}

CORS Configs

• The API is configured to allow Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) by using the github.com/gin-contrib/cors middleware, enabling access to the API from different domains.

• The API will be available at https://somesite.xyz, make requests to the defined endpoints to access space weather data.

• Please ensure that the appropriate URL is used along with any required query parameters when making requests to the API endpoints.

Contributing

• Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

• Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

• MIT