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SpaceX (Community API) Dragons API

Detailed info about Dragon capsule versions.

SpaceX (Community API) Dragons API is one of 15 APIs that SpaceX (Community API) publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 14 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Dragons. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, a changelog, a status page, and 14 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 4.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.spacexdata.com.

3 operations 3 paths 8 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
4.0
Base URL
https://api.spacexdata.com
Authentication
API Key
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

SpaceX (Community API) Dragons API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as spacex-key (SpacexKey).

  • SpacexKey — Admin API key for destructive (create/update/delete) operations. Not required for any read endpoint.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Dragons 3

Detailed info about Dragon capsule versions.

GET
/v4/dragons
List All Dragon Versions
listDragons → 200
GET
/v4/dragons/{id}
Get One Dragon Version
getDragon 1 param → 200404
POST
/v4/dragons/query
Query Dragons
queryDragons body → 200

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Dragon (23 properties), PaginationEnvelope (10 properties), QueryRequest (2 properties), Error (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PaginationEnvelope
object
Default mongoose-paginate-v2 wrapper.
10 properties
CubicMetersFeet
object
2 properties
PaginatedDragons
KgLb
object
2 properties
MetersFeet
object
2 properties
Error
object
2 properties
Dragon
object
A Dragon capsule version (Dragon 1, Dragon 2, etc.).
23 properties 4 required
QueryRequest
object
mongoose-paginate-v2 query body.
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

spacex-dragons-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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