APIs and Tools for Programmer's Reference

This page gives quick access to the webservices and links of the tools, which can be called programatically.

First section covers the description of Webservices REST-api and small usage examples.

Second section provides quick links to the tools, showing examples how to construct their URLs.

REST web services

Table 1: List of REST web services

Webservices	Short Description
Image Cutout	Returns color images at given location. There are two resources /getJpeg and /getJpegCodec
VO Services	Services to search databases using IVOA standards and protocols. /conesearch, /SIAP, /SDSSFields
Search	Returns specific database results. There are three services available /radial, /rectangular and /sql
Advanced Search	Equivalent to search tools, there are three services /imagingquery, /spectroquery, /irspectraquery
Cross-id	Upload your own objects for cross-identification

Web services described above can used either as an authenticated user or anonymous users. If user wants to use her own authentication tokens following header parameters needs to be set. There are common for all the services listed below.

Header Names	Values
X-Auth-Token	Keystone token. If omitted, the query will be executed anonymously.

Tools

Table 2: List of tools

Tools	Short Description
Get Frame	Access frame pictures
Get Scrolling Sky Image	Animated images of the sky passing the telescope
Spectra Services	Access spectra graphs and data, and use Web Service access to details of spectra
Finding Chart	Call Finding Chart at a particular location
Navigate	Pull up navigator with particular location
Image List	Display thumbnails for uploaded object list
Explore	Interactive exploration of object properties

Note that these web services and tools are the called when the corresponding SkyServer web applications are executed by the user. You can see the parameters that where used in these cases by reviewing the User History page (if you are already logged-in with SciServer).