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The sensor specification in the file_search api seems to be ignored.  Regardless of what sensor I put, I get seawifs, aqua, terra,meris...returned.

wget -q --post-data="sensor=octs&sdate=1996-11-01&edate=2003-01-01&dtype=L3b&addurl=1&results_as_file=1&search=*DAY_CHL*" -O - https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/file_search

I can adjust the search pattern to weed out the sensor of interest, but wondering if I am doing something wrong. 

I tried on linux

GNU Wget 1.14 built on linux-gnu.
+digest +https +ipv6 +iri +large-file +nls +ntlm +opie +ssl/openssl
[fields@ember R2018.0]$ uname -a
Linux ember.eri.ucsb.edu 3.10.0-693.11.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Dec 4 23:52:40 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

and mac
fields-mbook:~ fields$ wget --version
GNU Wget 1.15 built on darwin13.0.0.

+digest +https +ipv6 -iri +large-file -nls +ntlm +opie +ssl/openssl
fields-mbook:~ fields$ uname -a
Darwin fields-mbook.eri.ucsb.edu 16.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 16.7.0: Mon Nov 13 21:56:25 PST 2017; root:xnu-3789.72.11~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64


Thanks

Indeed, seems it is no longer case insensitive.  We'll see about fixing that.  In the meantime, set "sensor=OCTS"  to get just OCTS files.

Sean

UPDATE:
Case insensitivity has been restored.

thanks for the reply and case sensitivity fix.

Still, If I try to get  new R2018 Aqua
wget -q --post-data="sensor=AQUA&sdate=2002-01-01&edate=2017-10-15&dtype=L3b&addurl=1&results_as_file=1&std_only=1&search=*DAY_RRS*" -O - https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/file_search >rrsListR2018.0
This returns all sensors.

I can change the search pattern to be "A*Day_RRS.nc" , but just noting the behavior.    I'll shutup now.  Thanks.

...that's cause the sensor is "MODIS Aqua".  The api/file_search version (as opposed to the older search/file_search.cgi) uses a database lookup to translate the sensor name to the required ID.  The name in that table is "MODIS Aqua".   You can see the names to use from the web interface :)  ...sorry about the space in the name, it was probably my fault...

Sean

Thanks.