Add WorldWide Telescope image collection url as property to sky browser module

modules/skybrowser/skybrowsermodule.cpp

@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ namespace {
         "pointed to where the target is aiming."
     };
 
+    constexpr const openspace::properties::Property::PropertyInfo ImageCollectionInfo = {
+       "WwtImageCollectionUrl",
+       "AAS WorldWide Telescope Image Collection Url",
+       "The url of the image collection which is loaded into AAS WorldWide Telescope."
+    };
+
     struct [[codegen::Dictionary(SkyBrowserModule)]] Parameters {
         // [[codegen::verbatim(EnabledInfo.description)]]
         std::optional<bool> enabled;
@@ -125,6 +131,9 @@ namespace {
 
         // [[codegen::verbatim(SpaceCraftTimeInfo.description)]]
         std::optional<double> spaceCraftAnimationTime;
+
+        // [[codegen::verbatim(SpaceCraftTimeInfo.description)]]
+        std::optional<std::string> wwtImageCollectionUrl;
     };
 
 #include "skybrowsermodule_codegen.cpp"
@@ -143,6 +152,8 @@ SkyBrowserModule::SkyBrowserModule()
     , _hideTargetsBrowsersWithGui(HideWithGuiInfo, false)
     , _inverseZoomDirection(InverseZoomInfo, false)
     , _spaceCraftAnimationTime(SpaceCraftTimeInfo, 2.0, 0.0, 10.0)
+    , _wwtImageCollectionUrl(ImageCollectionInfo, 
+        "https://data.openspaceproject.com/wwt/1/imagecollection.wtml")
 {
     addProperty(_enabled);
     addProperty(_showTitleInGuiBrowser);
@@ -153,6 +164,8 @@ SkyBrowserModule::SkyBrowserModule()
     addProperty(_hideTargetsBrowsersWithGui);
     addProperty(_inverseZoomDirection);
     addProperty(_spaceCraftAnimationTime);
+    addProperty(_wwtImageCollectionUrl);
+    _wwtImageCollectionUrl.setReadOnly(true);
 
     // Set callback functions
     global::callback::mouseButton->emplace(global::callback::mouseButton->begin(),
@@ -421,6 +434,10 @@ double SkyBrowserModule::spaceCraftAnimationTime() const {
     return _spaceCraftAnimationTime;
 }
 
+std::string SkyBrowserModule::wwtImageCollectionUrl() const {
+    return _wwtImageCollectionUrl;
+}
+
 void SkyBrowserModule::setSelectedBrowser(const std::string& id) {
     TargetBrowserPair* found = getPair(id);
     if (found) {
@@ -519,7 +536,8 @@ scripting::LuaLibrary SkyBrowserModule::luaLibrary() const {
             codegen::lua::ScrollOverBrowser,
             codegen::lua::LoadingImageCollectionComplete,
             codegen::lua::ShowAllTargetsAndBrowsers,
-            codegen::lua::PointSpaceCraft
+            codegen::lua::PointSpaceCraft,
+            codegen::lua::GetWwtImageCollectionUrl
         }
     };
 }

modules/skybrowser/skybrowsermodule.h

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <openspace/util/mouse.h>
 #include <openspace/properties/scalar/boolproperty.h>
 #include <openspace/properties/scalar/doubleproperty.h>
+#include <openspace/properties/stringproperty.h>
 #include <fstream>
 
 namespace openspace {
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ public:
     double targetAnimationSpeed() const;
     double browserAnimationSpeed() const;
     double spaceCraftAnimationTime() const;
+    std::string wwtImageCollectionUrl() const;
 
     bool isCameraInSolarSystem() const;
     bool isSelectedPairFacingCamera() const;
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ private:
     properties::DoubleProperty _targetAnimationSpeed;
     properties::DoubleProperty _browserAnimationSpeed;
     properties::DoubleProperty _spaceCraftAnimationTime;
+    properties::StringProperty _wwtImageCollectionUrl;
     glm::ivec3 _highlightAddition = glm::ivec3(35); // Highlight object when mouse hovers
 
     // The browsers and targets

modules/skybrowser/skybrowsermodule_lua.inl

@@ -140,13 +140,11 @@ namespace {
     LINFO("Loading image collections to " + identifier);
 
     // Load the collections here because we know that the browser can execute javascript
-    std::string root = "https://data.openspaceproject.com/wwt/1/imagecollection.wtml";
-
     SkyBrowserModule* module = global::moduleEngine->module<SkyBrowserModule>();
     TargetBrowserPair* pair = module->getPair(identifier);
     if (pair) {
         pair->hideChromeInterface(true);
-        pair->loadImageCollection(root);
+        pair->loadImageCollection(module->wwtImageCollectionUrl());
     }
 }
 
@@ -233,6 +231,17 @@ namespace {
     module->addTargetBrowserPair(targetId, browserId);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the AAS WorldWide Telescope image collection url.
+ */
+[[codegen::luawrap]] ghoul::Dictionary getWwtImageCollectionUrl() {
+    using namespace openspace;
+    SkyBrowserModule* module = global::moduleEngine->module<SkyBrowserModule>();
+    ghoul::Dictionary url;
+    url.setValue("url", module->wwtImageCollectionUrl());
+    return url;
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns a list of all the loaded AAS WorldWide Telescope images that have been loaded.
  * Each image has a name, thumbnail url, equatorial spherical coordinates RA and Dec,
@@ -244,13 +253,11 @@ namespace {
 
     // Send image list to GUI
     SkyBrowserModule* module = global::moduleEngine->module<SkyBrowserModule>();
-
+    std::string url = module->wwtImageCollectionUrl();
     // If no data has been loaded yet, download the data from the web!
     if (module->nLoadedImages() == 0) {
-        std::string root = "https://data.openspaceproject.com/wwt/1/imagecollection.wtml";
-
         std::filesystem::path directory = absPath("${MODULE_SKYBROWSER}/wwtimagedata/");
-        module->loadImages(root, directory);
+        module->loadImages(url, directory);
     }
 
     // Create Lua table to send to the GUI