GET

Platform Instance

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/8256/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "ob_id": 8256,
    "uuid": "385d8284709749b9a29d33c07670c4fd",
    "title": "Landsat 7",
    "abstract": "Landsat 7 was launched as a continuation of the Landsat programme on 15th April 1999 and is still operational as of July 2014. A three-axis attitude control subsystem stabilizes the satellite and keeps the instrument pointed toward Earth to within 0.05 degrees. The LANDSAT World-Wide-Reference system catalogues the worlds land mass into 57,784 scenes, each 115 miles (183 kilometres) wide by 106 miles (170 kilometres) long.\r\n\r\nLaunch date:  15/04/1999\r\nStatus/projected mission lifetime:  5 years +\r\nOrbit parameters:  near circular\r\nNominal altitude:  705 km\r\nOrbit type:\t near-polar, sun-synchronous\r\nInclination:  98.2 degrees\r\nRepeat period:  16 days\r\nEquatorial crossing time:  10.00 local time (descending node)\r\nSwath width:  183 km\r\nResolution:  15 - 60 m \r\nSpecial features:  Panchromatic band, thermal band with 2 gain settings",
    "keywords": "",
    "identifier_set": [
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/identifiers/5311/?format=api"
    ],
    "platformType": "satellite",
    "parentPlatform": [],
    "childPlatform": [],
    "responsiblepartyinfo_set": [
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/33222/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/33221/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/108967/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/108968/?format=api",
        "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/108969/?format=api"
    ]
}