Reservist WP2 Fab Lab Network Integration

Fablabs.io

Fablabs.io is a collection of online resources for the international Fab Lab community. The current official list of Fab Labs shares the same principles, tools, and philosophy around the future of technology and its role in society.

Website

Fab Labs list

https://fablabs.io/labs

Fab Labs list with "Corona" filter

Filter integrated as part of the reservist project. We performed multiple surveys on the Fab Lab network to map which labs engaged in activities to support the COVID-19 crisis or were willing to contribute to similar actions in the future.

https://fablabs.io/labs?utf8=✓&q[country_code_eq]=&q[activity_status_eq]=corona&q[lab_tags_id_in][]=&per=25&commit=Filter

Webservice

No authentication required. The end-point might evolve but versioning /0/ is in place to avoid breaking changes.

https://api.fablabs.io/0/labs.json

Relevant properties

Capabilities

capabilities property lists the capabilities available for each lab. See the example below:

"capabilities": [
    "three_d_printing",
    "cnc_milling",
]

List of available capabilities:

Currently a fixed list, not yet available programmatically

• three_d_printing
• cnc_milling
• circuit_production
• laser
• precision_milling
• vinyl_cutting

See english language localization example locales/en.yml here.

Activity Status

activity_status property lists the status for each lab. See the example below:

"activity_status": "corona"

List of available activity status:

Currently a fixed list, not yet available programmatically

Filter integrated as part of the reservist project. We performed multiple surveys on the Fab Lab network to map which labs engaged in activities to support the COVID-19 crisis or were willing to contribute to similar actions in the future.

• planned,
• active,
• corona,
• closed

Localization

See languages available here