Brightpoint API

The following endpoints should closely match the Citizen Science platform.

Fetch all subjects

GET http://brightpoint.herokuapp.com/api/v1/subjects.json

Fetch a new subject

To fetch the next subject, replace :previous_subject in the below endpoint.

GET http://brightpoint.herokuapp.com/api/v1/subjects/:previous_subject/next.json

Fetch all classifications and annotations for a given subject

GET http://brightpoint.herokuapp.com/api/v1/subjects/:subject_id/classifications.json

Create a new classification for a given subject

http://brightpoint.herokuapp.com/api/v1/subjects/:subject_id/classifications/new.json

With params:

• started: timestamp
• ended: timestamp
• annotations: array of annotations containing a start and end x-coordinate

For example:

curl -F 'started=1337508679' \
	-F 'ended=133750467' \
	-F 'annotations[]={start:41750, end:51297}' \
	-F 'annotations[]={start:475, end:41750}' \
	http://brightpoint.herokuapp.com/api/v1/subjects/1/classifications/new.json

Endpoints unique to BrightPoint

Fetch all data points

GET http://brightpoint.herokuapp.com/api/v1/data_points.json?start_point=390&size=100

Fetch all data points for a single chromosome

GET http://brightpoint.herokuapp.com/api/v1/chromosome/chr1.json?size=100