Platform Instance – Django REST framework

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

### Available end points:

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

### Available Methods:

- `GET`
- `HEAD`

### Available filters:

- `title`
- `uuid`
- `keywords`
- `platformType`

### How to use filters:

- `/platforms/?title__startwith!=Instrument.title: DETAILS NEEDED`
- `/platforms/?uuid=ca06054a34a6f4a72a87e3390a8136492`
- `/platforms.json?instrumentType=radiometer`

GET /api/v2/platforms/1254/?format=api

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

{
    "ob_id": 1254,
    "uuid": "61f36c40b92c4601946009d0d416a8c6",
    "title": "WAHRAIN (Water Authorities Hourly RAINfall) Station Network",
    "abstract": "Observation stations within the WAHRAIN (Water Authorities Hourly RAINfall) Station Network transmit their observations in the form of a Met Form 7113 message.  Many stations with autographic or other recording instruments provide analyses of hourly values for climate purposes and the data are usually returned on Met Forms at the end of the month. The rainfall observations are returned on the Met Form 7113 from 191 observation stations worldwide, 188 of which are in the UK. The WAHRAIN message contains rainfall measurements.",
    "keywords": "",
    "identifier_set": [
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/identifiers/915/?format=api"
    ],
    "platformType": "station_group",
    "parentPlatform": [],
    "childPlatform": [],
    "responsiblepartyinfo_set": [
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/3925/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/3924/?format=api"
    ]
}