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API for GCN circulars

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Description

Is there an open api documentation for fetching and/or streaming GCN circulars? I followed the streaming guide but the events sent through kafka do not match the circulars posted online. I am looking for a way of fetching them programatically without scraping the GCN website.

I saw that the website is making calls to https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars?page=x&_data=routes%2Fcirculars._archive._index but this does not seem like it is optimized for public use?

Thanks in advance!

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Start with the linked GCN streaming guide and compare its Kafka events with the circulars endpoint shown in the issue. Determine whether a supported programmatic fetching or streaming interface is documented; done means the public API path and its relationship to the posted circulars are clearly documented.

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Assessment

Tech stack
kafka
Domain
api
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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