duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-spice — pull request #1217 by rishiag (2014-11-04 09:22:43+00:00)
Title: ISS Location Spice

What does your Instant Answer do?
Gives current location of International Space Station

What problem does your Instant Answer solve (Why is it better than organic links)?
Nothing really. Just a fun instant answer.

What is the data source for your Instant Answer? (Provide a link if possible)
http://open-notify.org/Open-Notify-API/ISS-Location-Now/

Why did you choose this data source?
It provides JSON response and data is directly scraped from NASA website

Are there any other alternative (better) data sources?
No. Present data source does the job fine

What are some example queries that trigger this Instant Answer?
"ISS location", "ISS position", "What is current ISS location", "What is current ISS position"

Which communities will this Instant Answer be especially useful for? (gamers, book lovers, etc)
Space hobbyist, students, etc.

Is this Instant Answer connected to a DuckDuckHack Instant Answer idea?
Yes, this one - https://duck.co/ideas/idea/4588/current-location-for-international-space-location

Which existing Instant Answers will this one supersede/overlap with?
None that I know of.

Are you having any problems? Do you need our help with anything?
Yes, API source suggests it should polled once every 5 second and result should be cached. I was unsure whether 'spice proxy_cache_valid => "200 304 1d";' would work for seconds too, so I did not include it.

What are the terms of use for the API? Will DuckDuckGo need specific authorization (e.g. an API key)? Are there any costs associated with API usage?
No, API key is not required and there are no costs for API usage.

Where did you hear about DuckDuckHack? (For first time contributors)
Hacker News

What does the Instant Answer look like? (Provide a screenshot for new or updated Instant Answers)
http://imgur.com/Wtr1qBE

Checklist

Please place an 'X' where appropriate.

[X] Added metadata and attribution information
[X] Wrote test file and added to t/ directory
[] Verified that instant answer adheres to design guidelines (https://duck.co/duckduckhack/design_styleguide)
[X] Verified that instant answer adheres to code styleguide (https://duck.co/duckduckhack/code_styleguide)
[] Tested cross-browser compatibility

Please let us know which browsers/devices you've tested on:
- Ubuntu 12.04-64 Bit
[x] Google Chrome
[x] Firefox

- Windows 8
[] Google Chrome
[] Firefox
[] Opera
[] IE 10

- Windows 7
[] Google Chrome
[] Firefox
[] Opera
[] IE 8
[] IE 9
[] IE 10

- Windows XP
[] IE 7
[] IE 8

- Mac OSX
[] Google Chrome
[] Firefox
[] Opera
[] Safari

- iOS (iPhone)
[] Safari Mobile
[] Google Chrome
[] Opera

- iOS (iPad)
[] Safari Mobile
[] Google Chrome
[] Opera

- Android
[] Firefox
[] Native Browser
[] Google Chrome
[] Opera