shidh / fits-service

Web Service to visualize fits format data

fits-service

Intro

REST web Service to visualize fits format data, via http://js9.si.edu/

Installation

1. Install Maven download
2. Install Tomcat download
3. git clone https://github.com/MPDL/fits-service
4. Compile the service: go into fits-service directory, run mvn clean install
5. Copy fits.war in Tomcat webapp directory
6. Create file fits-service.properties, add following property in it

service.url = url_of_the _service

and put the file into Tomcat conf directory

8. Start Tomcat
9. Service runs under url_of_the _service/fits

Usage

Following REST commands are implemented(You can check http://localhost:8080/swc/api/explain page for swc-service usage examples):

Path: /api/view

• Method: POST
• Media type: multipart/form-data
• Input fields:
  • field 1:
    • name: file1
    • type: file
    • value: locally selected fits file
• Response: Delivers HTML view representation of the fits file.

Path: /api/view

• Method: GET
• Media type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
• Input fields:
  • field 1:
    • name: url
    • type: text
    • value: link to the fits URL
• Response: returns HTML view representation of the fits file referenced by the URL.