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/13042/?format=api

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

{
    "ob_id": 13042,
    "uuid": "970ab396a07b46ef937a2c580a0fbe97",
    "title": "Met Office Beaufort Park meteorological station",
    "abstract": "Met Office surface meteorological station, located near Bracknell, UK,  (WMO ID: 03764) hosted a suite of surface observational instruments and upper air instruments (e.g. radiosondes) from 1965 to 2003 prior to the Met Office relocation to Exeter.",
    "keywords": "Met Office, surface meteorology, upper air, radiosonde, ceilometer",
    "identifier_set": [
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/identifiers/8497/?format=api"
    ],
    "platformType": "land_station",
    "parentPlatform": [],
    "childPlatform": [],
    "responsiblepartyinfo_set": [
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/49941/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/49942/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/49940/?format=api"
    ]
}