Difference between revisions of "SpaceAPI"
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| − | ** This endpoint | + | ** This endpoint was used in MyHackerspace Android application |
** It's available here: http://spaceapi.fixme.ch/directory.json | ** It's available here: http://spaceapi.fixme.ch/directory.json | ||
| + | ** It has been taken by the SpaceApi org on github (swiss german ppl mainly) | ||
* [https://github.com/fixme-lausanne/Twitter-Hackerspace-Status Sources on Github] | * [https://github.com/fixme-lausanne/Twitter-Hackerspace-Status Sources on Github] | ||
** Python script on fixme.ch that serves the API on https://fixme.ch/status.json | ** Python script on fixme.ch that serves the API on https://fixme.ch/status.json | ||
Latest revision as of 15:01, 14 November 2019
Description
- Accessible here
- Provide a simple API to know whether the hackerspace is open or closed
- Documentation to implements the SpaceAPI
- New website: http://spaceapi.net/
- Old website: https://hackerspaces.nl/spaceapi/
- API Validator
- App which implements it
Components
- We were hosting a fork of the SpaceAPI, because it was often down and the process to add new space is opaque
- This endpoint was used in MyHackerspace Android application
- It's available here: http://spaceapi.fixme.ch/directory.json
- It has been taken by the SpaceApi org on github (swiss german ppl mainly)
- Sources on Github
- Python script on fixme.ch that serves the API on https://fixme.ch/status.json
- Perl script that put the status in a Mysql DB (from the RFID_Doorlock or from a computer)
- A Drupal module to show the status on the main website
- MyHackerspace: Android application using SpaceAPI directory
Dummy script to lookup the status
#!/usr/bin/env python3 import urllib.request import json URL = "https://fixme.ch/cgi-bin/spaceapi.py" def get_json(): try: con = urllib.request.urlopen(URL) content = con.read() hs_json = json.loads(content.decode('utf8')) return hs_json except IOError: print("A network error occured sorry") exit(1) except ValueError: print("Malformatted json") def print_info(hs_json): if hs_json['open']: print("OPENENENENEN") print("status is : {status}".format(**hs_json)) print("the changes happens at {lastchange}".format(**hs_json)) print("The duration is {duration} hours".format(**hs_json)) else: print("The hackerspace is closed") json = get_json() try: print_info(json) except: pass
