{ "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema", "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/spaceflight-news/refs/heads/main/json-schema/spaceflight-news-blog-schema.json", "title": "Blog", "description": "A spaceflight blog post (longform commentary or analysis) from a participating publisher.", "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "integer", "readOnly": true, "description": "Unique identifier of the blog post.", "example": 2277 }, "title": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 250, "description": "Title of the blog post.", "example": "United Launch Alliance Precisely Delivers Seventh Amazon Leo Mission" }, "authors": { "type": "array", "description": "List of authors who contributed to the blog post.", "items": { "type": "object", "description": "Author byline for an article, blog, or report.", "properties": { "name": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 250, "description": "Display name of the author.", "example": "Will Robinson-Smith" }, "socials": { "type": "object", "description": "Social media handles for an author.", "properties": { "x": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "maxLength": 200, "description": "URL of the author's X (Twitter) profile.", "example": "https://x.com/willrobinsons" }, "youtube": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "maxLength": 200, "description": "URL of the author's YouTube channel.", "example": "https://youtube.com/@author" }, "instagram": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "maxLength": 200, "description": "URL of the author's Instagram profile.", "example": "https://instagram.com/author" }, "linkedin": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "maxLength": 200, "description": "URL of the author's LinkedIn profile.", "example": "https://linkedin.com/in/author" }, "mastodon": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "maxLength": 200, "description": "URL of the author's Mastodon profile.", "example": "https://mastodon.social/@author" }, "bluesky": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "maxLength": 200, "description": "URL of the author's Bluesky profile.", "example": "https://bsky.app/profile/author.bsky.social" } } } }, "required": [ "name" ] } }, "url": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "maxLength": 200, "description": "Canonical URL of the blog post on the source publisher.", "example": "https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/seventh-amazon-leo-mission" }, "image_url": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "maxLength": 500, "description": "URL to a cover/header image for the blog post.", "example": "https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/av_leo7_l4_media.jpg" }, "news_site": { "type": "string", "readOnly": true, "description": "Display name of the publisher.", "example": "United Launch Alliance" }, "summary": { "type": "string", "description": "Short summary of the blog post.", "example": "ULA has launched the majority of Amazon Leo satellites on orbit." }, "published_at": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "description": "ISO 8601 timestamp when the blog post was originally published.", "example": "2026-05-30T01:40:06Z" }, "updated_at": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "readOnly": true, "description": "ISO 8601 timestamp when the blog post was last updated in SNAPI.", "example": "2026-05-30T01:50:20.401325Z" }, "featured": { "type": "boolean", "description": "Whether the blog post is featured.", "example": false }, "launches": { "type": "array", "description": "Related Launch Library 2 launches.", "items": { "type": "object", "description": "Relationship to a Launch Library 2 launch.", "properties": { "launch_id": { "type": "string", "format": "uuid", "description": "Launch Library 2 launch UUID.", "example": "f33d5ece-e825-4cd8-809f-1d4c72a2e0d3" }, "provider": { "type": "string", "readOnly": true, "description": "Source provider of the related launch (typically Launch Library 2).", "example": "Launch Library 2" } }, "required": [ "launch_id", "provider" ] } }, "events": { "type": "array", "description": "Related Launch Library 2 events.", "items": { "type": "object", "description": "Relationship to a Launch Library 2 event (e.g. EVA, docking, milestone).", "properties": { "event_id": { "type": "integer", "maximum": 2147483647, "minimum": -2147483648, "description": "Launch Library 2 event identifier.", "example": 851 }, "provider": { "type": "string", "readOnly": true, "description": "Source provider of the related event (typically Launch Library 2).", "example": "Launch Library 2" } }, "required": [ "event_id", "provider" ] } } }, "required": [ "authors", "events", "id", "image_url", "launches", "news_site", "published_at", "summary", "title", "updated_at", "url" ] }