API description

The RLS PQ API provides content negotiated access to the Reef Life Survey's Photo Quadrats. It features json and csv output of the available PQ metadata, and provides original and 800px and 50px scaled versions of each PQ.

The PQs are part of the Reef Life Survey's visual census method. You can read more about the methods in the Methods manual over at reeflifesurvey.com.

PostMan

The RLS PQ API does not have styled output for viewing as webpages, rather it defaults to json formatting for metadata and allows inline display and download of the PQ images.

To specify CSV formatting for the metadata, your programming environment can set the Accept headers of the http request for the RLS PQ API server. Or you can use a visual application like Postman

Features

Metadata for a single survey

Default behaviour with webbrowser display in stylised json.

Available as content-type: application/json and text/csv

Example: http(s)://rls.tpac.org.au/pq/2000862/

Metadata for a single survey (downloaded)

Default behaviour with webbrowser: download as text file

Available as content-type: text/plain (content-disposition attachment; filename="[surveyid].txt")

Example: http(s)://rls.tpac.org.au/pq/2000862/index/download

List of all catalogued surveys

Default behaviour with webbrowser display in stylised json.

Available as content-type: application/json and text/csv

Example: http(s)://rls.tpac.org.au/pq/survey_ids/

Note: Because this is a long list stylised json, download and rendering performance can be low. Consider onlye use as application/json or text/csv.

Original scale Jpeg image

Default behaviour with webbrowser: inline display

Available as content-type: image/jpeg

Example: http(s)://rls.tpac.org.au/pq/912343962/LHI-19_6m190214SugarloafWestAJG(0).JPG/