The API daemon is written in Node.js and is run as a background daemon, at ukhas.net/api/

The source code can be found on github.com/UKHASnet-hub/general-api-daemon

For uploading packets see here.

• /upload - POST
  • Uploads given data string into the Database for processing
  • Compulsory Request Parameters
    • origin: [string: callsign of gateway node]
    • data: [string: raw data]
  • Return Parameters
    • error: [integer: 0 if successful, 1 if failure]

• /logtail - GET
  • Returns recent packet uploads and processing status of each
  • Optional Request Parameters
    • lastId: [integer: filter uploads since given row id]
  • Return Parameters
    • Array (can be 0 length)
      • i: [integer: Upload row id]
      • ni: [integer: Gateway Node id]
      • nn: [string: Gateway Node callsign]
      • t: [integer: Unix timestamp of upload]
      • p: [string: Raw packet]
      • s: [string: State of Packet Processing]
        • “Pending”, “Processed” or “Error”

• /mapNodes - GET
  • Returns all nodes with a stored location, and their most recent information
  • Return Parameters
    • Array (can be 0 length)
      • i: [integer: Node id]
      • o: [string: Node owner/description]
      • a: [integer: Unix timestamp of most recent packet]
      • p: [string: Raw most recent packet]
      • la: [float: Most recent Latitude value]
      • lo: [float: Most recent Longitude value]

• /nodeInfo - GET
  • Returns node Information, either for the node requested, or all nodes.
  • Optional Request Parameters
    • id: [integer: requested node id]
  • Return Parameters
    • Array (can be 0 length)
      • i: [integer: Node id]
      • n: [string: Node callsign]
      • o: [string: Node owner/description]

• /nodeLData - GET Not currently Implemented
  • Returns info about the last packet from the node specified
  • Compulsory Request Parameters
    • id: [integer: requested node id]
  • Return Parameters
    • Array (can be 0 length)
      • lPacket: [string: Last raw packet from node]
      • lRxT: [integer: Timestamp of last packet (unix timestamp)]
      • lRxNi: [integer: Last packet gateway id]
      • lRxNn: [string: Last packet gateway callsign]
      • lBoot: [integer: Timestamp of last detected boot (sequence='a') (unix timestamp)]

• /nodeData - GET
  • Returns graphable Data from the specified node
  • Compulsory Request Parameters
    • id: [integer: requested node id]
    • Exclusive Or:
      • since: [integer: Filter for data after this time (unix timestamp)]
      • period: [integer: Filter for data in this last time period (seconds)]
  • Return Parameters
    • Array (can be 0 length)
      • Array
        • i: [integer: Data type id]
        • tn: [string: Data type description]
        • n: [string: Data type description (short)]
        • d: Array
          • t: [integer: Data point timestamp (unix)]
          • d: [float: Data point value]

• /lastData - GET
  • Returns last data value and name of the specified type from the specified node
  • Compulsory Request Parameters
    • id: [integer: requested node id]
    • type: [integer: requested data type]
  • Return Parameters
    • Object (can be 0 length)
      • data: [float: data value]
      • pos: [integer: data position in string]
      • typeid: [integer: data type requested]
      • type: [string: Name of data type]
      • unit: [string: Unit of data type]
      • time: [string: ISO8601 Timestamp of data value]

• /addNode - POST
  • Adds a Node to the database
  • Compulsory Request Parameters
    • id: [string: Node callsign]
    • owner: [string: Node owner/description]
  • Return Parameters
    • error: [integer: '0' for successful, otherwise error]

• /editNode - POST
  • Edits a node owner/description
  • Compulsory Request Parameters
    • id: [integer: Node id]
    • owner: [string: Updated node owner/description]
  • Return Parameters
    • error: [integer: '0' for successful, otherwise error]

• /checkNodeId - GET
  • Checks if a node callsign is available
  • Compulsory Request Parameters
    • id: [string: Proposed node callsign]
  • Return Parameters
    • error: [integer: '1' for available, '0' for not]