Lake Afton API

An endpoint for getting data about Lake Afton Public Observatory https://api.lakeafton.com

Contribute

You're gonna need node.js; this was written on v8.11.3. You'll also need Python 3.5+; this was written with v3.7.2.

1. Make a fork
2. Clone to your machine
3. CD into the folder
4. Fill out the .env file (use .env_example as a guideline)
5. run npm install
6. run pip install -r requirements.txt
7. run npm start or nodemon start if you have nodemon installed.
8. Write code
9. Upload to your fork
10. Submit a pull request

If you have other any questions, you can reach out at [email protected]

Endpoints

• Current online documentation: apidocs.lakeafton.com

Note: the data provided at these endpoints is probably more than enough to get a hobbyist started, to at least get an object of interest in a finder scope. And while these numbers are at least mostly accurate, don't try to steer Hubble or launch a rocket to Neptune with them.