James Webb Telescope tracking REST API
Public REST API to track JWST's current status
API data source: https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html
API
Public endpont: https://api.jwst-hub.com
Ressources:
Endpoint: https://api.jwst-hub.com/track
GET: /track- returns jwst tracking data
{
"distanceEarthKm":null, // no longer available
"launchElapsedTime":null, // no longer available
"distanceL2Km":null, // no longer available
"percentageCompleted":null, // no longer available
"speedKmS":null, // no longer available
"deploymentImgURL":"https://webb.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/assets/images/deployment/1000pxWide/127.png",
"currentDeploymentStep":"WEBB IS ORBITING L2 - Next Steps: Cooldown, Alignment, Calibration",
"tempC":{
"tempWarmSide1C":51,
"tempWarmSide2C":12,
"tempCoolSide1C":-217,
"tempCoolSide2C":-213,
"tempInstMiriC":-128,
"tempInstNirCamC":-180,
"tempInstNirSpecC":-168,
"tempInstFgsNirissC":-168,
"tempInstFsmC":-216
},
"timestamp":"2022-02-05T15:50:13.536Z"
}Endpoint: https://api.jwst-hub.com
GET /- returns API status and metatada
{
"status": "ok",
"version": "1.0.0",
"serverID": "d0453deb-9c78-4e3c-be37-cf7c0633d21d" // node ID that handled the request
}Telemetry recording and data charting:
Data recorder: https://github.com/avatsaev/webb-data-recorder
Live InfluxDB data: https://eu-central-1-1.aws.cloud2.influxdata.com/share/6H2CTV-SQdmreGx3xdUyS
Build
docker build -t webb-tracker-api .
Run
docker run -p 8001:8001 --name=webb-tracker-api webb-tracker-api
Usage
Endpoint: GET http://localhost:8001/track