NASA FIRMS Data Availability API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: NASA FIRMS Area Fire Detections Data Availability API
  description: 'NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) REST API providing near-real-time satellite fire detections globally from MODIS (Terra/Aqua), VIIRS (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21), and LANDSAT instruments. Data is available within 3 hours of satellite observation worldwide, with Ultra Real-Time detections available within 60 seconds for the US and Canada. Supports area-based bounding box queries, KML fire footprints by region, data availability checks, and missing data identification. A free MAP_KEY obtained via registration is required for most endpoints.

    '
  version: '4.0'
  contact:
    name: NASA FIRMS Support
    url: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/contact/
  termsOfService: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/engage/open-data-services-and-software/data-and-information-policy
  license:
    name: NASA Open Data
    url: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/engage/open-data-services-and-software/data-and-information-policy
servers:
- url: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov
  description: NASA FIRMS production server
tags:
- name: Data Availability
  description: Check which dates have Standard Processing or Near Real-Time data
paths:
  /api/data_availability/csv/{map_key}/{sensor}:
    get:
      operationId: getDataAvailability
      summary: Get data availability by sensor
      description: 'Returns CSV data indicating which dates have Standard Processing (SP) and Near Real-Time (NRT) data available for a specified sensor. Use ALL to retrieve availability for every sensor in a single call.

        '
      tags:
      - Data Availability
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/MapKey'
      - name: sensor
        in: path
        required: true
        description: 'Sensor identifier. Use ALL to retrieve availability for all sensors.

          '
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SensorWithAllEnum'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: CSV data availability by date and processing type
          content:
            text/csv:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataAvailabilityCSV'
              example: 'sensor,date,sp,nrt

                MODIS_NRT,2026-06-12,false,true

                MODIS_SP,2026-06-10,true,false

                '
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimitExceeded'
components:
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request — invalid or missing parameters.
      content:
        text/plain:
          schema:
            type: string
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized — MAP_KEY is missing, invalid, or quota exceeded.
      content:
        text/plain:
          schema:
            type: string
    RateLimitExceeded:
      description: 'Rate limit exceeded — more than 5000 transactions in a 10-minute interval. Retry after the interval resets.

        '
      content:
        text/plain:
          schema:
            type: string
  parameters:
    MapKey:
      name: map_key
      in: path
      required: true
      description: 'Free MAP_KEY obtained via registration at https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/map_key/. Rate limited to 5000 transactions per 10-minute interval. Larger requests (e.g., 7-day queries) may count as multiple transactions.

        '
      schema:
        type: string
        example: d2b4a9e1f3c75820b6da1e4f9c0b3721
  schemas:
    DataAvailabilityCSV:
      type: string
      description: 'CSV-formatted data availability report indicating whether SP (Standard Processing) and NRT (Near Real-Time) data exist for each date per sensor.

        '
      example: 'sensor,date,sp,nrt

        MODIS_NRT,2026-06-12,false,true

        '
    SensorWithAllEnum:
      type: string
      description: Satellite sensor identifier, or ALL for all sensors.
      enum:
      - ALL
      - LANDSAT_NRT
      - MODIS_NRT
      - MODIS_SP
      - VIIRS_NOAA20_NRT
      - VIIRS_NOAA20_SP
      - VIIRS_NOAA21_NRT
      - VIIRS_SNPP_NRT
      - VIIRS_SNPP_SP
      example: ALL