This TRMNL plugin displays the current status of the Deep Space Network: its three ground-based stations in Spain, the United States, and Australia, and the spaceborne satellites with which they communicate.
Data is provided by NASA's DSN Now.
The JSON data files are publicly hosted on Netlify at https://trmnl-dsn.netlify.app/dsn.json (updating hourly), so you don't have to do these steps unless you really want to!
Create a new Netlify site with the following settings:
- Base directory: (empty)
- Build command:
bundle exec bin/generate - Publish directory:
_build - Environment variables: Add
BASE_URLwith the value of the site URL without the trailing slash, e.g.https://[app-name].netlify.app
After publishing, the site should be live with two files published:
- https://[my-app].netlify.app/dsn.json - the data to be polled by the private plugin
To keep the JSON data up-to-date, you will need to set up a cron job that periodically calls the build hook for the site – ideally the same as the plugin's polling interval.