Meteorite Landings API - Ruby Gem

Meteorites is a simple tool for getting meteorite data. It returns a list of meteorites that have fallen to Earth.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'apiverve_meteorites'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install apiverve_meteorites

Getting Started

Get your API key at APIVerve

Basic Usage

require 'apiverve_meteorites'

# Initialize the client
client = APIVerve::Meteorites::Client.new(api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY")

# Make a request
response = client.execute({
  name: "Allende",
  mass: 100,
  year: 1969
})

# Print the response
puts response

Error Handling

begin
  response = client.execute({ name: "Allende", mass: 100, year: 1969 })
  puts response["data"]
rescue APIVerve::Meteorites::ValidationError => e
  puts "Validation error: #{e.errors.join(', ')}"
rescue APIVerve::Meteorites::APIError => e
  puts "API error: #{e.message}"
  puts "Status code: #{e.status_code}"
end

Debug Mode

# Enable debug logging
client = APIVerve::Meteorites::Client.new(
  api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY",
  debug: true
)

Example Response

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "count": 1,
    "filteredOn": [
      "name"
    ],
    "meteors": [
      {
        "name": "Allende",
        "recclass": "CV3",
        "mass": "2000000",
        "year": "1969",
        "geolocation": {
          "type": "Point",
          "coordinates": [
            -105.31667,
            26.96667
          ]
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Documentation

For more information, visit the API Documentation.

Support

License

This gem is available under the MIT License.