API for the information displayed on the amsat.org status page?
Hi all, hope this in not the wrong forum to ask this question. Is the data shown on the amsat.org/status page somehow available through an API? I'm asking because I would like to be able to show this valuable information to the users of my Android app in close to real time.
It is not easy to browse this page on a small mobile device, and I would also just need to show one satellite at a time. Thank you, /Heimir, W1ANT
This is a fine forum for this question.
At present there is no API, but that could change with a little effort. There was some discussion about building a RESTful API a few months ago. While this forum is fine for the question, we should move the minutia of design off list. Send me a note and we will see what we can come up with. I
de KM1P Joe ________________________________ From: AMSAT-BB amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org on behalf of Heimir Thor Sverrisson via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, January 6, 2020 3:10 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] API for the information displayed on the amsat.org status page?
Hi all, hope this in not the wrong forum to ask this question. Is the data shown on the amsat.org/status page somehow available through an API? I'm asking because I would like to be able to show this valuable information to the users of my Android app in close to real time.
It is not easy to browse this page on a small mobile device, and I would also just need to show one satellite at a time. Thank you, /Heimir, W1ANT _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Heimir Thor Sverrisson
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Joseph B. Fitzgerald