Getting Started
An app, in the context of the UK EO DataHub, is a 3rd party application that can access the Hub APIs and utilise them to provide bespoke functionality to the end user. This can involve querying STAC data from the resource catalogue and processing the data with custom workflows to output bespoke data products. If the app has a frontend, this data can also be displayed in useful ways to the user.
You should create an app if you require any of the following:
Apps can be:
As long as you can integrate with the Hub OIDC and retrieve an OIDC token on behalf of the end user then your app can utilise the Hub APIs on behalf of an end user.