URL of Endpoint	Method	View Function	Function Description	Models	Serializers	Permissions	Notes
transients/	GET	transient_list	Display transients table	Transient TransientFilter TransientTable	manual	none	
add/	POST	add_transient	Add new transient to database after verifying no conflicts with existing transients	Transient	none		
transients/<slug:transient_name>/	GET/POST	results	Full workflow: user_warning(transient) compile_workflow_status(transient) compile_photometry_results(transient, scope) compile_sed_results(transient, category, scope)  get transient collect cutouts compile aperture choose cutout  GET method handling POST method handling     display Bokeh plot if thumbnail not available  download SED thumbnails construct render function return render	Status Transient Cutout AperturePhotometry Filter Aperture Alias ImageGetForm SEDFittingResult			function has many duplicate calls for helpers such as:  compile_sed_results, compile_photometry_results which are all defined as nested functions  make an issue to remove the POST method  "remove this obsolete block" not necessarily being called on
download_chains/<slug:slug>/<str:aperture_type>/		download_chains	Retrieves SED Fit "chains_file", stream from S3 bucket by helper: stream_sed_output_file				these are 3 download functions but it should be 1 api endpoint with just a parameter differentiating between the 3 functions look into whether DRF already has a file download default
download_modelfit/<slug:slug>/<str:aperture_type>/		download_modelfit	Retrieves SED Fit "model_file", stream from S3 bucket by helper: stream_sed_output_file				
download_percentiles/<slug:slug>/<str:aperture_type>/		download_percentiles	Retrieves SED Fit "percentile_file", stream from S3 bucket by helper: stream_sed_output_file				
acknowledgements/	GET	acknowledgements	renders acknowledgements page	None	None	None	static
team/	GET	team	renders team members page	None	None	None	static
	GET	home	updates home page statistics helper: update_home_page_statistics()	Transient	manual	None	
reprocess_transient/<slug:transient_name>/	GET	reprocess_transient_view	calls reprocess_transient: verify existence, call transient_workflow, which reruns processing	Transient	none	login required	defined in workflow.py
retrigger_transient/<slug:transient_name>/	GET	retrigger_transient_view	calls retrigger_transient: manually retrigger transient_workflow and re-attemps all failed tasks	Transient	none	login required	defined in tasks.py
report_issue/<item_id>	GET	report_issue	gets a TaskRegister item, using item_id as pk and saves before returning redirect	TaskRegister	None	Login required	potentially merge these 2 functions as well
resolve_issue/<item_id>	GET	resolve_issue	flags the corresponding TaskRegister item as resolved and saves before returning redirect	TaskRegister	None	login required	
privacy	GET	privacy_policy	return privacy policy page rendering	None	None	None	static
healthz	GET	healthz	returns blank request	None	None	None	strictly operational, ignore
cutout_fits_plot	GET	cutout_fits_plot	acquire transient, global aperture, and local aperture, select cutout and render cutout fits image	Transient Aperture Cutout	JsonResponse	None	potentially redundant logic with the results function in transients/
fetch_sed_plot	GET	fetch_sed_plot	acquire transient and use helper to render sed plot	Transient	JsonResponse	None	
api/transient	GET	TransientViewSet	?	Transient	TransientSerializer		
api/transient/get/<str:transient_name>	GET	get_transient_science_payload	return serialized data for given transient LEGACY	DataModelComponent	manual		
api/transient/delete/(?P<transient_name>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/(?P<all>all/|)$	GET	delete_transient_view	delete files regardless of whether transient exists, return 404 or transient object	Transient	manual	host.delete_transient required	contradictory HTTP method labelling 
api/transient/export/(?P<transient_name>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/(?P<all>all/|)$	GET	export_transient_view	return serialized data for given transient, serialized using export_transient_info	TaskRegister Aperture SEDFittingResult AperturePhotometry StarFormationHistoryResult Transient	HostSerializer TransientSerializer manual	none	
api/transient/post/name=<str:transient_name>&ra=<str:transient_ra>&dec=<str:transient_dec>	POST	post_transient	verify transient not already in database, verify ra and dec validity, then create the transient	Transient	manual		
api/aperture	GET	ApertureViewSet		Aperture	ApertureSerializer		
/api/cutout	GET	CutoutViewSet		Cutout	CutoutSerializer		
/api/filter/	GET	FilterViewSet		Filter	FilterSerializer		
/api/aperturephotometry/	GET	AperturePhotometryViewSet		AperturePhotometry	AperturePhotometrySerializer		potentially redundant logic with the results function in transients/
/api/sedfittingresult/	GET	SEDFittingResultViewSet		SEDFittingResult	SEDFittingResultSerializer		potentially redundant logic with the results function in transients/
/api/taskregister/	GET	TaskRegisterViewSet		TaskRegister	TaskRegisterSerializer		
/api/task/	GET	TaskViewSet		Task 	TaskSerializer		
/api/host/	GET	HostViewSet		Host	HostSerializer		
/api/alias	GET	AliasViewSet		Alias	AliasSerializer		
/api/alias/<str:alias>	GET	alias_handler	return specified Alias if it exists, and 404 error if not	Alias	manual		
/api/alias/<str:alias>	POST	alias_handler	check if Alias exists and create if not (assuming Transient and Host both exist, return 404 if not)	Alias Transient	manual		
/api/alias/<str:alias>	DELETE	alias_handler	verify authorization, then delete the alias if it exists	Alias	manual		
/api/alias/<str:alias>/<str:object_type>/<str:name>/	GET	alias_handler	~	~			duplicate urls that call the same view function
/api/alias/<str:alias>/<str:object_type>/<str:name>/	POST	alias_handler	~	~		some permission needed	alias_handler should be split into class with separate functions for POST GET DELETE
/api/alias/<str:alias>/<str:object_type>/<str:name>/	DELETE	alias_handler	~	~