This collection of documents describes the resources and functions that make up the r/SpaceX API. The documentation uses api blueprint for formatting.
See the status page for more details
No authentication is required to use this public API
I do not log IP addresses or any personally identifiable information at the app or web server level. I collect timestamps, HTTP methods, urls, and response times to adjust caching strategies on popular endpoints. Below is a sample log output:
[27/Aug/2018:00:42:06 +0000] "GET /v2/launches/latest HTTP/1.1" 200 - 51.478 msI do use Cloudflare in front of the API. Please see their privacy policy for more details on data collection policies.
The API has a rate limit of 50 req/sec per IP address, if exceeded, a response of 429 will be given until the rate drops back below 50 req/sec
JSON pretty printing is turned off by default to reduce payload size. It can be enabled by including
the querystring pretty=true in the url
GET https://api.spacexdata.com/v2/launches/latest?pretty=true