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GraceDB Overview

The Gravitational-Wave Candidate Event Database (GraceDB) is a service operated by the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. It provides a centralized location for aggregating and retrieving information about candidate gravitational-wave events. GraceDB provides an API for programmatic access, and a client package is available for interacting with the API.

Attention LVK Users: As of October 2022, LVAlert has been decomissioned and replaced by igwn-alert. For more information on transitioning your workflows, please consult:
  • The LVAlert to igwn-alert transition guide
  • The igwn-alert User Guide

    • Useful information
  • Information about GW alerts and real-time data products is available in the LIGO/Virgo Public Alert Guide.
  • Real-time status of the LIGO Data Grid.
  • Need help? Send an email to computing-help@igwn.org, or LIGO/Virgo users can report issues on the GraceDB Gitlab page.

    • Development Instance

    This GraceDB instance is designed for GraceDB maintainers to develop and test in the AWS cloud architecture. There is no guarantee that the behavior of this instance will mimic the production system at any time. Events and associated data may change or be removed at any time.

    • Phone alerts (calls/SMS) are disabled
    • Email alerts are disabled
    • igwn-alert messages to kafka://kafka.scimma.org/ are disabled
    • Only LIGO logins are provided (no login via InCommon or Google).

    Server code version: 2.18.1