Improving application programming interface endpoints for the Icelandic meteorological office as a part of the European plate observing system data portal project

Abstract

The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO), a governmental institution under Iceland’s Ministry of the Environment, Energy, and Climate, is an active participant in the European Plate Observing System (EPOS). The IMO provides data to the EPOS Data Portal through their representational state transfer application programming interface named ”epos”.The IMO would like its endpoints to be rewritten and improved, focusing on reliability and performance with some additional improvements that would aim to provide the user with more options in terms of data selection. Secondary improvements aim to provide the user with more options in terms of data selection.This thesis covers: the improvement of three ”epos”-endpoints: Hazard Maps, Volcano Reports, and Volcano Observatory Notices for Aviation; the testing methods used for the improved endpoints; the testing results and comparison between the old and new endpoints; and finally a discussion about the improvement process and suggested future improvements.