[atlas] New release in January, features you asked for...

Stephane,

On 2013.02.01. 12:44, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 11:18:37AM +0100,
>  Vesna Manojlovic <BECHA at ripe.net> wrote 
>  a message of 27 lines which said:
> 
>> * REST API -- althou in Beta!
>> https://atlas.ripe.net/doc/rest
> 
> If I read the documentation correctly, it is only to *read* data. If
> so, what's the point? There was already a way to access data (download
> the JSON file and parse it) and I regret that it will be deprecated
> ("is intended to replace the current ways of programmatically
> accessing RIPE Atlas data").

The API is also meant to allow listing measurements ("search"). The same API
will make it possible to specify measurements. So, so far there was a way to
access data, now there's also a way to access metadata, and a consistent way
forward for more interaction with the system.

> What is really missing is a way to *run* measurements, specially with
> variable parameters (such as the QNAME for DNS UDMs).

This is coming. As the article states: "We'll start testing two new features
soon: one-off measurements and the measurement specification API to start
and stop user-defined measurements. Beta testers will help us adjust these
features before we go live with them."

Regards,
Robert