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/8245/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "ob_id": 8245,
    "uuid": "4f1e5569a1ef413083ad244f6f91f2a1",
    "title": "Landsat 4",
    "abstract": "As part of the Landsat programme Landsat 4 was launched in July 1982 and was operational until July 1987. It carried Thematic Mapper (TM) and MultiSpectral Scanner (MSS) instruments.\r\n\r\nLaunch date\t7/16/1982 (TM transmission failed 1993)\r\nStatus / projected mission lifetime\tLandsat 5 project end 30/06/2001\r\nOrbit parameters\t99 minutes, 16 day, 233-orbit cycle\r\nNominal altitude\t705 km geo-synchronous\r\nOrbit type\tPolar, sun-synchronous\r\nInclination\t98.2 °\r\nRepeat period\t16 days\r\nEquatorial crossing time\t09.45 local time \r\nSwath width\t183 km",
    "keywords": "landsat, satellite",
    "identifier_set": [
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/identifiers/5306/?format=api"
    ],
    "platformType": "satellite",
    "parentPlatform": [],
    "childPlatform": [],
    "responsiblepartyinfo_set": [
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/33207/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/33206/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/48283/?format=api"
    ]
}