Observation Collection Instance – Django REST framework

Get a list of Collections objects. Collections have a 1:1 mapping with Observations.

### Available end points:

- `/observationcollections/` - Will list all Collections in the database
- `/observationcollections.json` - Will return all Collections in json format
- `/observationcollections/<object_id>/` - Returns Collections object with that id

### Available Methods:

- `GET`
- `HEAD`

### Available filters:

- `uuid`
- `title`
- `keywords`
- `discoveryKeywords`
- `publicationState`

### How to use filters:

- `/observationcollections/?uuid=ab4ca8d019d148f78afba1cd20872bdd`

- `/observationcollections.json?publicationState=citable`

GET /api/v2/observationcollections/45468/?format=api

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "ob_id": 45468,
    "uuid": "add67216706c4fb2b46604e0f690eeff",
    "title": "SHIFT: in-situ airborne observations by the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft",
    "abstract": "In-situ airborne observations by the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft for SHIFT FAAM Aircraft Project.",
    "keywords": "SHIFT, FAAM, airborne, atmospheric measurments",
    "discoveryKeywords": [],
    "publicationState": "working",
    "dataPublishedTime": "2025-09-11T09:11:56",
    "doiPublishedTime": null,
    "member": [
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/observations/45467/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/observations/45482/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/observations/45494/?format=api"
    ],
    "identifier_set": [],
    "responsiblepartyinfo_set": [
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/217495/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/217496/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/217497/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/217498/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/217499/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/217500/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/217501/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/217502/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/217503/?format=api"
    ]
}