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Spaceflight News API

The Spaceflight News API was created as a solution for my problem when I wanted to develop an app for Spaceflight News: many (great!) news sites with different APIs.

To make it easier for myself, I began a project that would aggregate metadata from those news sites and publish them through an API. Since there are others that might benefit from this API, I decided make the API publicly available.

There are great apps out on the internet, that are connected to services like https://thespacedevs.com. By making this API available to everyone, I hope to open new doors for the developers of these apps.

Documentation 📖

The documentation is generated from the code, and can be found at https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/documentation.

Evolution 📈

Version 2

In July 2020, Launch Library 2.0 was released, within the new The Space Devs API group. I've joined this group as a partner developer, and started finalizing SNAPI 2.0.

Version 2.0 of SNAPI is a rewrite of the entire API using Strapi as a backend, with custom endpoints written by me. SNAPI 2 sets the stage for new features to come and focuses on bringing the existing features to the new format.

Version 3

In the Spring of 2021, Strapi announced that they would retire support for MongoDB. Since SNAPI was using MongoDB as the database, this had quite a big impact. Version 3 of the API is exactly the same as version 2 (in terms of the response), except the IDs. These changed from ObjectIDs (strings) to integers.

Version 4

In 2023 SNAPI V4 launched, completely re-written in Python (Django) for various reasons. Using proven libraries, this version is focussed on long-term stability and maintainability.

Launch Library 2 integration 🚀

Starting from version 2, we now have Launch Library 2 API integration. This way you can easily get news related to a specific launch. A nice to have if you want to have a "related news/launches" section in your app!

Currently imported news sites 🌐

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  • AmericaSpace
  • Arstechnica
  • Blue Origin
  • CNBC
  • ESA
  • ElonX
  • Euronews
  • European Spaceflight
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • NASA
  • NASASpaceflight
  • National Geographic
  • National Space Society
  • Phys
  • Planetary Society
  • Reuters
  • Space.com
  • SpaceFlight Insider
  • SpaceNews
  • SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • SpaceX
  • Spaceflight Now
  • SyFy
  • TechCrunch
  • Teslarati
  • The Drive
  • The Japan Times
  • The Launch Pad
  • The National
  • The New York Times
  • The Space Devs
  • The Space Review
  • The Verge
  • The Wall Street Journal
  • United Launch Alliance
  • Virgin Galactic

Changelog 📝

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V4.0.5

  • Package updates
  • Migrated to Python 3.12

V4.0.0

  • Rewritten in Python and Django.

V3.4.0

  • Package updates
  • Sentry fixes

V3.0.0

  • Package updates

V3.2.0

  • Various Sentry issues fixed

V3.1.0

  • Strapi updates
  • Sentry updates
  • Admin interface updates

V3.0.0

  • Switch to use Postgres as database

V2.3.0

  • The lost "article per (LL2) event" endpoint is back
  • Changed the G4L logo on the site
  • Added Sentry again, via the new Strapi plugin
  • Changed from amqplib to amqp-connection-manager
  • Updated to Strapi 3.5.3

v2.2.0

  • Dependency updates
  • Code cleanup
  • Admin side of things

v2.1.0

  • Backend changes on how new content is processed
  • Package updates

v2.0.0

  • Complete rewrite of the app, focusing on existing features

Showcase

For a list of users, please visit the users page. On the profile page of TheSpaceDevs organisation, you'll also find a simple showcase of the API.