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Open Source REST API for SpaceX data

92 points by sdoering 8y ago

TomMarius 8y ago
What could that be used for, apart from news reporting automation?
- al_ramich 8y ago
  was thinking the same. not sure why tracking the boosters individually would be useful to most. I suppose the competitors might be interested.
- kuroikyu 8y ago
  I used it as a data source when I wanted to learn React: https://kuroikyu.github.io/spacex-launches/ https://kuroikyu.github.io/spacex-launches/
  - perilunar 8y ago
    Nice site!
  - spacenick88 8y ago
    Great site, thank you! Looking at the Falcon Heavy Roadster launch, is it intended that all stages have "Land success: x" even though just the center core failed to land?
    - kuroikyu 8y ago
      Thank you! You're right, I'll have to investigate. It's been a while since I made it and I might have missed something, good catch!
alien1993 8y ago
Just want to point out that this is not an official API made by SpaceX, but by people hanging around https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex.
- scandox 8y ago
  > hanging around You make them sound like junkyard dogs :) Edit: Added smiley face to show I was merely amused by the phrasing.
  - mrmondo 8y ago
    Bit harsh wording wise, but yeah I totally agree that’s a rough description of a community that made something neat.
    - whymauri 8y ago
      Is this a generational disconnect? I have no negative connotations of the phrase "hanging around" (currently in college). Just curious.
      - mrmondo 8y ago
        Perhaps, I’m 30 if that helps. In _this_ context it sounded very derogatory, as if they had nothing better to do and were just doing something likely useless or some such.
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cnorthwood 8y ago
I wonder if this kind of data would be better structured in a semantic web way, with a well-defined schema and RDF rather than a siloed JSON REST thing.
- seanhandley 8y ago
  I smell a GraphQL rewrite!
gregman1 8y ago
.Net, PowerShell We are doomed.
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magnat 8y ago
Is there a schema definition available for this API or you are supposed to figure it out by looking at actual replies and hope it doesn't change? Is there even an equvalent of XSD but for JSON?
- growse 8y ago
  Like http://json-schema.org/ http://json-schema.org/, or https://swagger.io/specification/ https://swagger.io/specification/ ? Doesn't look like there's any schema or spec in the repo.
  - oneweekwonder 8y ago
    Example of using json-schema will be json-editor[0] and for swagger(openapi) the online specification editor[1]. You can also generate client and server code from your swagger spec for multiple languages. The generated code a bit crude. But you can tweak swagger-code-gen to fit your needs. [0]: https://json-editor.github.io/json-editor/ https://json-editor.github.io/json-editor/ [1]: https://editor.swagger.io/ https://editor.swagger.io/
- ambicapter 8y ago
  https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/blob/master/docs/home.md https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/blob/master/docs/home... At the bottom, "Endpoints".

92 points by sdoering 8y ago

TomMarius 8y ago

What could that be used for, apart from news reporting automation?

al_ramich 8y ago
was thinking the same. not sure why tracking the boosters individually would be useful to most. I suppose the competitors might be interested.
kuroikyu 8y ago
I used it as a data source when I wanted to learn React: https://kuroikyu.github.io/spacex-launches/ https://kuroikyu.github.io/spacex-launches/
- perilunar 8y ago
  Nice site!
- spacenick88 8y ago
  Great site, thank you! Looking at the Falcon Heavy Roadster launch, is it intended that all stages have "Land success: x" even though just the center core failed to land?
  - kuroikyu 8y ago
    Thank you! You're right, I'll have to investigate. It's been a while since I made it and I might have missed something, good catch!

alien1993 8y ago

Just want to point out that this is not an official API made by SpaceX, but by people hanging around https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex.

scandox 8y ago
> hanging around You make them sound like junkyard dogs :) Edit: Added smiley face to show I was merely amused by the phrasing.
- mrmondo 8y ago
  Bit harsh wording wise, but yeah I totally agree that’s a rough description of a community that made something neat.
  - whymauri 8y ago
    Is this a generational disconnect? I have no negative connotations of the phrase "hanging around" (currently in college). Just curious.
    - mrmondo 8y ago
      Perhaps, I’m 30 if that helps. In _this_ context it sounded very derogatory, as if they had nothing better to do and were just doing something likely useless or some such.
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cnorthwood 8y ago

I wonder if this kind of data would be better structured in a semantic web way, with a well-defined schema and RDF rather than a siloed JSON REST thing.

seanhandley 8y ago
I smell a GraphQL rewrite!

gregman1 8y ago

.Net, PowerShell We are doomed.

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magnat 8y ago

Is there a schema definition available for this API or you are supposed to figure it out by looking at actual replies and hope it doesn't change? Is there even an equvalent of XSD but for JSON?

growse 8y ago
Like http://json-schema.org/ http://json-schema.org/, or https://swagger.io/specification/ https://swagger.io/specification/ ? Doesn't look like there's any schema or spec in the repo.
- oneweekwonder 8y ago
  Example of using json-schema will be json-editor[0] and for swagger(openapi) the online specification editor[1]. You can also generate client and server code from your swagger spec for multiple languages. The generated code a bit crude. But you can tweak swagger-code-gen to fit your needs. [0]: https://json-editor.github.io/json-editor/ https://json-editor.github.io/json-editor/ [1]: https://editor.swagger.io/ https://editor.swagger.io/
ambicapter 8y ago
https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/blob/master/docs/home.md https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/blob/master/docs/home... At the bottom, "Endpoints".