Astronomy API Studio API
Generated imagery (moon phase and star charts)
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Astronomy Studio API
contact:
name: AstronomyAPI
url: https://astronomyapi.com
version: '1.0'
description: 'Operations tagged Studio across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: astronomy-api-openapi.yml, astronomy-api-v3-openapi.yaml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.astronomyapi.com/api/v2
description: Astronomy API v2
- url: https://api.astronomyapi.com/api/v3
description: Production
tags:
- name: Studio
description: Generated imagery (moon phase and star charts)
paths:
/studio/moon-phase:
post:
tags:
- Studio
summary: Generate a moon phase image
security:
- basicAuth: []
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
format:
type: string
enum:
- png
- svg
style:
type: object
observer:
type: object
properties:
latitude:
type: number
longitude:
type: number
date:
type: string
format: date
view:
type: object
properties:
type:
type: string
enum:
- portrait-simple
- landscape-simple
orientation:
type: string
enum:
- north-up
- south-up
responses:
'200':
description: Image URL returned in payload
operationId: postStudioMoonPhase
x-operation-id-source: derived
servers:
- url: https://api.astronomyapi.com/api/v2
description: Astronomy API v2
/studio/star-chart:
post:
tags:
- Studio
summary: Generate a star chart image
security:
- basicAuth: []
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
style:
type: string
enum:
- default
- inverted
- navy
- red
observer:
type: object
properties:
latitude:
type: number
longitude:
type: number
date:
type: string
format: date
view:
type: object
description: View type (area or constellation)
responses:
'200':
description: Star chart image URL
operationId: postStudioStarChart
x-operation-id-source: derived
servers:
- url: https://api.astronomyapi.com/api/v2
description: Astronomy API v2
components:
responses:
Unauthorized:
description: The application key was missing or not recognised.
content:
application/problem+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
Image:
description: The rendered image.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ImageResult'
UnprocessableEntity:
description: The request was understood but a parameter was unacceptable.
content:
application/problem+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
BadRequest:
description: The request could not be parsed.
content:
application/problem+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
schemas:
MoonPhaseRequest:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/StudioRequest'
- type: object
required:
- view
properties:
view:
type: object
required:
- type
properties:
type:
type: string
examples:
- portrait-simple
- landscape-simple
orientation:
type: string
enum:
- north-up
- south-up
default: north-up
style:
type: object
properties:
moonStyle:
type: string
enum:
- sketch
- default
- shaded
backgroundStyle:
type: string
enum:
- stars
- solid
backgroundColor:
type: string
headingColor:
type: string
textColor:
type: string
StarChartRequest:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/StudioRequest'
- type: object
required:
- view
properties:
style:
type: string
description: Named visual theme.
examples:
- default
- red
- navy
- inverted
view:
oneOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/AreaView'
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConstellationView'
AreaView:
type: object
description: A patch of sky centred on a given position.
required:
- type
- parameters
properties:
type:
type: string
const: area
parameters:
type: object
required:
- position
properties:
zoom:
type: integer
minimum: 1
maximum: 9
default: 3
position:
type: object
required:
- rightAscension
- declination
description: 'v2 wrapped these in a further `equatorial` object.
There is only one frame here, so v3 does not.
'
properties:
rightAscension:
type: number
minimum: 0
maximum: 24
declination:
type: number
minimum: -90
maximum: 90
Problem:
type: object
description: 'An error, as RFC 9457 problem details. v2 returned the raw output of
its schema validator, which exposed internal paths such as
`instance.latitude` and had no stable machine-readable code.
'
required:
- type
- title
- status
properties:
type:
type: string
format: uri
description: Stable identifier for the kind of problem.
examples:
- https://astronomyapi.com/problems/invalid-parameter
title:
type: string
examples:
- Invalid parameter
status:
type: integer
examples:
- 422
detail:
type: string
examples:
- latitude must be between -90 and 90 degrees.
errors:
type: array
description: One entry per parameter at fault.
items:
type: object
required:
- parameter
- code
- detail
properties:
parameter:
type: string
examples:
- latitude
code:
type: string
examples:
- out_of_range
detail:
type: string
ConstellationView:
type: object
description: Framed on a named constellation.
required:
- type
- parameters
properties:
type:
type: string
const: constellation
parameters:
type: object
required:
- constellation
properties:
constellation:
type: string
description: IAU abbreviation, lowercase.
examples:
- ori
- and
ImageResult:
type: object
required:
- data
properties:
data:
type: object
required:
- imageUrl
properties:
imageUrl:
type: string
format: uri
StudioRequest:
type: object
description: 'What the studio endpoints share. `time` sits beside `observer`
rather than inside it as v2 had it; a moment is not a property of a
place.
'
required:
- observer
- time
properties:
observer:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Observer'
time:
type: string
format: date-time
format:
type: string
enum:
- png
- svg
default: png
Observer:
type: object
required:
- latitude
- longitude
- elevation
properties:
latitude:
type: number
description: Degrees, positive north.
longitude:
type: number
description: Degrees, positive east.
elevation:
type: number
description: Metres above sea level.
securitySchemes:
basicAuth:
type: http
scheme: basic
description: 'HTTP Basic auth: username is the Application ID and password is the
Application Secret. The client typically sends
`Authorization: Basic base64(applicationId:applicationSecret)`.
'
applicationKey:
type: http
scheme: bearer
description: 'The application key, sent as `Authorization: Bearer <key>`. Keys are
never accepted in the query string, where they would be recorded in
logs and browser history.
'
x-refined-from:
- astronomy-api-openapi.yml
- astronomy-api-v3-openapi.yaml