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Third party clients can communicate with the Heliophysics Events Knowledgebase (HER) via our web API. Usage of an API function amounts to using HTTP to fetch
a web document. The base url for all API calls is (including the question mark)
http://www.lmsal.com/helio-informatics/hpkb/images/isolsearch_preview.jpg

The [http://www.lmsal.com/helio-informatics/hpkb/hek_isolsearch.html] iSolSearch web application lets users query the Heliophysics Events Knowledgebase (HEK) in an interactive manner (much like Google Maps). iSolSearch interacts with HEK by means of our web application programming interface (API). The API enables developers to create new third party clients for HEK as well as scientists to write software code which interact with HEK in an automated manner.

Usage of an API function amounts to using HTTP to fetch a web document. The base url for all API calls is (including the question mark)
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To get results in XML format, set ''cosec=1''
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The spatial region must also be specified. At present, we support searches by helioprojective coordinates (from Earth's perspective). Let (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) be the lower-left and upper-right coordinates of a bounding box respectively. All values are assumed to be in arcseconds from the disk center. To get everything within the disk, it suffices to specify
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cmd=search&type=column&event_type=ar,fl,ef&&event_starttime=2007-04-29T00:00:00&event_endtime=2007-05-07T00:00:00&cosec=1 cmd=search&type=column&event_type=ar,fl,ef&&event_starttime=2007-04-29T00:00:00&event_endtime=2007-05-07T00:00:00&event_coordsys=helioprojective&x1=-1200&x2=1200&y1=-1200&y2=1200
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To get results in XML form, set ''cosec=1''. To get JSON, set ''cosec=2''.
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The query for this example with XML output would then be
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http://www.lmsal.com/her/dev/search-hpkb/hek?cmd=search&type=column&event_type=ar,fl,ef&&event_starttime=2007-04-29T00:00:00&event_endtime=2007-05-07T00:00:00&cosec=1&event_region=all&event_coordsys=helioprojective&x1=-1200&x2=1200&y1=-1200&y2=1200 http://www.lmsal.com/her/dev/search-hpkb/hek?cmd=search&type=column&event_type=ar,fl,ef&event_starttime=2007-04-29T00:00:00&event_endtime=2007-05-07T00:00:00&cosec=1&event_coordsys=helioprojective&x1=-1200&x2=1200&y1=-1200&y2=1200

To show the search results in iSolSearch, simply point your browser to the iSolSearch link with and passin
g the full query as a ''hek_query'' parameter.

http://www.lmsal.com/helio-informatics/hpkb/hek_isolsearch.html?hek_query=http://www.lmsal.com/her/dev/search-hpkb/hek?cmd=search&type=column&event_type=ar,fl,ef&event_starttime=2007-04-29T00:00:00&event_endtime=2007-05-07T00:00:00&cosec=1
&event_coordsys=helioprojective&x1=-1200&x2=1200&y1=-1200&y2=1200

Heliophysics Events Knowledgebase API

http://www.lmsal.com/helio-informatics/hpkb/images/isolsearch_preview.jpg

The [http://www.lmsal.com/helio-informatics/hpkb/hek_isolsearch.html] iSolSearch web application lets users query the Heliophysics Events Knowledgebase (HEK) in an interactive manner (much like Google Maps). iSolSearch interacts with HEK by means of our web application programming interface (API). The API enables developers to create new third party clients for HEK as well as scientists to write software code which interact with HEK in an automated manner.

Usage of an API function amounts to using HTTP to fetch a web document. The base url for all API calls is (including the question mark)

http://www.lmsal.com/her/dev/search-hpkb/hek?

Following the url base, one can append a list of keywords to specify the type of command and options for that specific command.

Simple Search for Features/Events in HER

To do a simple search for Features and Events in HER, one must append to the base url:

cmd=search&type=column

In addition to the command (cmd), one must specify which event type to search for. For all event types, use **

cmd=search&type=column&event_type=**

For some but not all event types, use a comma delimited list of two-letter abbreviations (see http://www.lmsal.com/helio-informatics/hpkb/VOEvent_Spec.html for full list of event types). E.g. the following specifies that one wishes to search for active regions, flares and emerging flux regions:

cmd=search&type=column&event_type=ar,fl,ef

One must also provide a time window using event_starttime and event_endtime

cmd=search&type=column&event_type=ar,fl,ef&&event_starttime=2007-04-29T00:00:00&event_endtime=2007-05-07T00:00:00

The spatial region must also be specified. At present, we support searches by helioprojective coordinates (from Earth's perspective). Let (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) be the lower-left and upper-right coordinates of a bounding box respectively. All values are assumed to be in arcseconds from the disk center. To get everything within the disk, it suffices to specify

cmd=search&type=column&event_type=ar,fl,ef&&event_starttime=2007-04-29T00:00:00&event_endtime=2007-05-07T00:00:00&event_coordsys=helioprojective&x1=-1200&x2=1200&y1=-1200&y2=1200

To get results in XML form, set cosec=1. To get JSON, set cosec=2.

The query for this example with XML output would then be

http://www.lmsal.com/her/dev/search-hpkb/hek?cmd=search&type=column&event_type=ar,fl,ef&event_starttime=2007-04-29T00:00:00&event_endtime=2007-05-07T00:00:00&cosec=1&event_coordsys=helioprojective&x1=-1200&x2=1200&y1=-1200&y2=1200

To show the search results in iSolSearch, simply point your browser to the iSolSearch link with and passing the full query as a hek_query parameter.

http://www.lmsal.com/helio-informatics/hpkb/hek_isolsearch.html?hek_query=http://www.lmsal.com/her/dev/search-hpkb/hek?cmd=search&type=column&event_type=ar,fl,ef&event_starttime=2007-04-29T00:00:00&event_endtime=2007-05-07T00:00:00&cosec=1&event_coordsys=helioprojective&x1=-1200&x2=1200&y1=-1200&y2=1200

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