[Rubin] Add the /blocks endpoint

app_lsst.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 from apps.routes.v1.lsst.skymap.api import ns as ns_skymap
 from apps.routes.v1.lsst.statistics.api import ns as ns_stats
 from apps.routes.v1.lsst.tags.api import ns as ns_tags
+from apps.routes.v1.lsst.blocks.api import ns as ns_blocks
 
 config = extract_configuration("config.yml")
 
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ def after_request(response):
 api.add_namespace(ns_skymap)
 api.add_namespace(ns_stats)
 api.add_namespace(ns_tags)
+api.add_namespace(ns_blocks)
 
 # Register blueprint
 app.register_blueprint(blueprint)

apps/routes/v1/lsst/blocks/api.py

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Copyright 2026 AstroLab Software
+# Author: Julien Peloton
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+from flask import jsonify
+from flask_restx import Namespace, Resource
+
+from apps.routes.v1.lsst.blocks.utils import extract_blocks
+
+ns = Namespace("api/v1/blocks", "Get blocks definition")
+
+
+@ns.route("")
+class Blocks(Resource):
+    def get(self):
+        """Retrieve block definition"""
+        tags, descriptions = extract_blocks(True)
+        out = {k: v for k, v in zip(tags, descriptions)}
+        return jsonify(out)

apps/routes/v1/lsst/blocks/utils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Copyright 2026 AstroLab Software
+# Author: Julien Peloton
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import fink_filters.rubin.blocks as fblocks
+import importlib
+
+
+def extract_blocks(with_description=False):
+    """Extract user-defined blocks
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    with_description: bool
+        If True, returns block names and descriptions.
+        Otherwise, returns only block names.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    block_names: list of str
+        List of block names
+    descriptions: list of str, optional
+        Long descriptions for blocks
+    """
+    # User-defined blocks
+    block_names = [prop for prop in dir(fblocks) if prop.startswith("b_")]
+
+    if with_description:
+        module_name = importlib.import_module(fblocks.__name__)
+        descriptions = [
+            getattr(module_name, block).__doc__.split("\n")[0] for block in block_names
+        ]
+        return block_names, descriptions
+
+    return block_names

requirements.txt

@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ flask
 flask-restx
 pandas
 numpy
-fink-filters==7.12
-fink-utils==0.51.0
+#fink-filters==7.15-rc0
+git+https://github.com/astrolabsoftware/fink-filters@7.15-rc0
+fink-utils==0.52.0
 line_profiler
 requests
 pyarrow