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Laurence a45f939f76 Add FastAPI wrapper + web console for the iTelescope portal 
Read-only API over go.itelescope.net driven by username/password from a .env:
account status (balance/plan/renewal), plan discounts, telescope roster,
per-site weather, per-scope ACP reachability, and reservations (with a pointer
to the Cloudflare-protected live booking system). A dark dashboard GUI is served
on top at /. Booking is intentionally not exposed - it spends real points.
2026-07-24 22:47:04 +01:00

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iTelescope API + Console

A small FastAPI wrapper over the iTelescope.net member portal, plus a web GUI on top of it. Credentials come from a .env file - nothing is hard-coded.

What it exposes (all read-only)

Endpoint What
GET /api/health is it configured, known site codes
GET /api/account points balance, plan, renewal, membership
GET /api/plans per-scope access discount for the current plan
GET /api/telescopes the telescope roster (from ../data/itelescope-telescopes.csv)
GET /api/weather safe/unsafe state for all six observatory sites
GET /api/weather/{site} one site (SSO, UDRO, DSC, SRO, AC, EYE)
GET /api/scope/{tid}/status reachability of a scope's own ACP control server
GET /api/reservations legacy reservation grid + pointer to the live system
GET /api/raw?path=... escape hatch: fetch any portal path (read-only)

The GUI dashboard is at /; interactive OpenAPI docs at /docs.

Run

cd api
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
cp .env.example .env          # then edit .env with your username/password
uvicorn main:app --reload
# open http://127.0.0.1:8000/

Deliberate omissions

  • Booking is not exposed. Reservations spend real points, and the live booking system (lookup.itelescope.online) is Cloudflare-protected and needs a browser session. If booking is ever added it must sit behind an explicit, confirmed action - see the drain campaign policy in ../CAMPAIGN.md.
  • Session cookies live only in memory for the running process.

Notes

  • Auth is the portal's WebForms login (viewstate POST) captured in itelescope_client.py; the session re-authenticates automatically if it expires.
  • DataService.svc methods are WCF (HTTP GET, JSON under a d key).