SpaceKnow Platform Documentation

This documentation is intended for software engineers. Visit SpaceKnow website for more general information. It is advised to use our web application, which is built on top of SpaceKnow APIs and supports all major features, unless you need low level access through HTTP APIs.

HTTP APIs

SpaceKnow platform allows users to connect by HTTP APIs. Overview of each API and documentation can be found in the following chapters.

• API Quickstart
• API Mechanics
• Ragnar API (Search Imagery)
• Kraken API (Imagery and Analyses)
• Credits API (Billing, Payments and Credits)
• Kraken Output Formats
• Scene Tasking API

Quickstart

• See API Quickstart to help you start with connecting through API. It also contains a Python example script you can run right away.

• See Authorization to learn how to make authorized requests against SpaceKnow APIs.

• Find out how API errors are handled.

• APIs that are processing longer tasks are asynchronous.

• Many APIs accept extent which is constrained GeoJSON.

• API response headers might contain additional information.

• APIs that are returning big number of items are paginated.

• Some APIs require area allocation, see Credits API.

Versions and Changes

All SpaceKnow products are versioned with a number increasing every week. HTTP APIs, CLIs and the platform are upgraded on weekly basis. Please follow SpaceKnow platform changelog to get the newest information about API changes, new features, deprecation notices and so on.

Table of Contents

• Changelog