Spaceflight News · JSON Structure
Spaceflight News Report Structure
A spaceflight report (mission report, program update, or agency briefing) from a participating publisher.
Type: object
Properties: 9
Required: 8
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Report is a JSON Structure definition published by Spaceflight News, describing 9 properties, of which 8 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.
Properties
id
title
authors
url
image_url
news_site
summary
published_at
updated_at
Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#
JSON Structure
{
"$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/spaceflight-news/refs/heads/main/json-structure/spaceflight-news-report-structure.json",
"name": "Report",
"description": "A spaceflight report (mission report, program update, or agency briefing) from a participating publisher.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "int32",
"readOnly": true,
"description": "Unique identifier of the report.",
"example": 1662
},
"title": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 250,
"description": "Title of the report.",
"example": "Starliner arrives safely back on Earth"
},
"authors": {
"type": "array",
"description": "List of authors who contributed to the report.",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Author byline for an article, blog, or report.",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 250,
"description": "Display name of the author.",
"example": "Will Robinson-Smith"
},
"socials": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Social media handles for an author.",
"properties": {
"x": {
"type": "uri",
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "URL of the author's X (Twitter) profile.",
"example": "https://x.com/willrobinsons"
},
"youtube": {
"type": "uri",
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "URL of the author's YouTube channel.",
"example": "https://youtube.com/@author"
},
"instagram": {
"type": "uri",
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "URL of the author's Instagram profile.",
"example": "https://instagram.com/author"
},
"linkedin": {
"type": "uri",
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "URL of the author's LinkedIn profile.",
"example": "https://linkedin.com/in/author"
},
"mastodon": {
"type": "uri",
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "URL of the author's Mastodon profile.",
"example": "https://mastodon.social/@author"
},
"bluesky": {
"type": "uri",
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "URL of the author's Bluesky profile.",
"example": "https://bsky.app/profile/author.bsky.social"
}
}
}
},
"required": [
"name"
]
}
},
"url": {
"type": "uri",
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "Canonical URL of the report on the source publisher.",
"example": "https://starlinerupdates.com/starliner-arrives-safely-back-on-earth/"
},
"image_url": {
"type": "uri",
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "URL to a cover/header image for the report.",
"example": "https://boeing-jtti.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/docking.png"
},
"news_site": {
"type": "string",
"readOnly": true,
"description": "Display name of the publisher that produced the report.",
"example": "Boeing"
},
"summary": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Short summary of the report.",
"example": "Boeing's Starliner landed safely at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday."
},
"published_at": {
"type": "datetime",
"description": "ISO 8601 timestamp when the report was originally published.",
"example": "2024-09-07T04:14:32Z"
},
"updated_at": {
"type": "datetime",
"readOnly": true,
"description": "ISO 8601 timestamp when the report was last updated in SNAPI.",
"example": "2024-09-07T04:18:06.656360Z"
}
},
"required": [
"authors",
"id",
"image_url",
"news_site",
"published_at",
"title",
"updated_at",
"url"
]
}