Difference between revisions of "SpaceAPI"

Latest revision as of 17:01, 14 November 2019

Description

• Accessible here
  • https://fixme.ch/cgi-bin/spaceapi.py
  • https://fixme.ch/status.json
• 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
  • http://spacestatus.bastinat0r.de/#fixme
  • http://spaceapi.net/app

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
  • Android Download on Play store
  • Download on F-Droid.org
  • Source code

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

Participant

• User:Nemen
• User:Gcmalloc
• User:Rorist