BadCal in the Virtual Observatory

In addition to this web pages, BadCal responds to the VO Simple Cone Search protocol.
This enables machine level interactions. We also plan to register this service in the VO registries.

How to query the badCal database as a web service ?

You can use the following urls as basis to get the content of the database:
VOTABLE :
http://apps.jmmc.fr/badcal-dsa/SubmitCone?DSACATTAB=badcal.valid_stars&RA=0.0&DEC=0.0&SR=180.0
CSV :
http://apps.jmmc.fr/badcal-dsa/SubmitCone?DSACATTAB=badcal.valid_stars&RA=0&DEC=0&SR=180&Format=Comma-Separated

Then you just have to replace the RA DEC and SR params. VO developpers prefer VOTable because it is more self-described, but you can also write programms that manipulates CSV data.

Developpers or users are welcome to ask any assistance to implement their clients.
Thanks to the Astrogrid server components, the DataAccess layer is handled by one instance of their DSA component.