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/5758/?format=api

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

{
    "ob_id": 5758,
    "uuid": "ad6cbfd54c6843c6b82b1268249007cc",
    "title": "Castor Bay Meteorological Station, UK",
    "abstract": "The Met Office have operated the Castor Bay meteorological station (WMO ID: 03918) located near Lurgan, Northern Ireland, since 2002. The site has a C-band rain radar as part of the UK rain radar network and also operated as a radiosonde station.",
    "keywords": "Met Office, surface meteorology, upper air, rain radar, radiosonde",
    "identifier_set": [
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/identifiers/3769/?format=api"
    ],
    "platformType": "land_station",
    "parentPlatform": [],
    "childPlatform": [],
    "responsiblepartyinfo_set": [
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/24748/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/24749/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/46692/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/46693/?format=api"
    ]
}