Astronomy API

Astronomy API Search API

Search for stars and deep space objects

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Operations 1

GET /search Search for stars and deep space objects

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OpenAPI Specification

astronomy-api-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Astronomy Bodies Search API
  version: '2.0'
  description: 'AstronomyAPI is a web API for retrieving astronomical information

    including celestial body positions, moon phase imagery, star charts,

    astronomical events, and deep space object search for any geographic

    location and date/time combination.

    '
  contact:
    name: AstronomyAPI
    url: https://astronomyapi.com
servers:
- url: https://api.astronomyapi.com/api/v2
  description: Astronomy API v2
tags:
- name: Search
  description: Search for stars and deep space objects
paths:
  /search:
    get:
      tags:
      - Search
      summary: Search for stars and deep space objects
      security:
      - basicAuth: []
      parameters:
      - name: term
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: match_type
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - fuzzy
          - exact
      - name: ra
        in: query
        schema:
          type: number
      - name: dec
        in: query
        schema:
          type: number
      - name: order_by
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results
components:
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: 'HTTP Basic auth: username is the Application ID and password is the

        Application Secret. The client typically sends

        `Authorization: Basic base64(applicationId:applicationSecret)`.

        '