Directly downloading observartions?

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Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Sun, 02/23/2020 - 04:17

Howdy,

Is there a why to directly download observation data (without going threw the web interface)?

 

TIA,

David

Affiliation
Svensk Amator Astronomisk Förening, variabelsektionen (Sweden) (SAAF)
Use the VSX HTTP GET API

You can make a request using a web browser or a custom script.

 

Check the specifications for the VSX HTTP GET API:

https://www.aavso.org/comment/27176#comment-27176

 

For example, getting the observations for star "STAR", between dates "DATE1" and "DATE2", you do:

https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=api.delim&ident="STAR"&fromjd=DATE1&tojd=DATE2&delimiter=,

delimiter is a character you use to separate fields and can be changed.

Good luck!