NASA Open APIs APOD API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day () Album APOD API
  description: 'One of the most popular NASA websites, exposed as a JSON API. Returns the Astronomy Picture of the Day with

    title, explanation, image URL, HD URL, optional copyright, and media type. Supports single date, date ranges,

    random counts, and video thumbnails.

    '
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: NASA Open APIs
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/
  license:
    name: US Government Work (Public Domain)
    url: https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html
servers:
- url: https://api.nasa.gov
  description: NASA Open API gateway via api.data.gov
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: APOD
paths:
  /planetary/apod:
    get:
      summary: Get Astronomy Picture of the Day
      operationId: getApod
      tags:
      - APOD
      parameters:
      - name: date
        in: query
        description: The date of the APOD image to retrieve (YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to today.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: start_date
        in: query
        description: Start of a date range (YYYY-MM-DD). Cannot be used with date.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: end_date
        in: query
        description: End of a date range (YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to today.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: count
        in: query
        description: Return count randomly chosen images. Cannot be used with date or date range.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
      - name: thumbs
        in: query
        description: Return the URL of a video thumbnail when the media type is video.
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      - name: api_key
        in: query
        description: api.nasa.gov key (or DEMO_KEY for evaluation).
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: DEMO_KEY
      responses:
        '200':
          description: One APOD entry, an array of entries, or a list of random entries.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApodEntry'
                - type: array
                  items:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApodEntry'
        '400':
          description: Bad request (invalid date or parameter combination).
        '403':
          description: Forbidden (invalid or missing api_key).
        '429':
          description: Too many requests (rate limit exceeded).
components:
  schemas:
    ApodEntry:
      type: object
      required:
      - date
      - explanation
      - media_type
      - title
      - url
      properties:
        date:
          type: string
          format: date
          description: Date of the image (YYYY-MM-DD).
        title:
          type: string
          description: Title of the image.
        explanation:
          type: string
          description: Explanation of the image written by APOD editors.
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL of the APOD image or video.
        hdurl:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL of the high resolution image (image media type only).
        media_type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - image
          - video
        service_version:
          type: string
        copyright:
          type: string
          description: Copyright holder when image is not public domain.
        thumbnail_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Video thumbnail URL when thumbs=true and media_type=video.
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key