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Open Source REST API for SpaceX data (github.com/r-spacex)
92 points by sdoering on Aug 16, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 18 comments


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.


> hanging around

You make them sound like junkyard dogs :)

Edit: Added smiley face to show I was merely amused by the phrasing.


Bit harsh wording wise, but yeah I totally agree that’s a rough description of a community that made something neat.


Is this a generational disconnect? I have no negative connotations of the phrase "hanging around" (currently in college). Just curious.


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.


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?


Like http://json-schema.org/, or https://swagger.io/specification/ ?

Doesn't look like there's any schema or spec in the repo.


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/

[1]: https://editor.swagger.io/


https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/blob/master/docs/home...

At the bottom, "Endpoints".


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


I used it as a data source when I wanted to learn React: https://kuroikyu.github.io/spacex-launches/


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?


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!


Nice site!


was thinking the same. not sure why tracking the boosters individually would be useful to most. I suppose the competitors might be interested.


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.


I smell a GraphQL rewrite!


.Net, PowerShell

We are doomed.




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