NASA Open APIs

NASA Open APIs CAD API

The CAD API from NASA Open APIs — 1 operation(s) for cad.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://api.nasa.gov/
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Documentation
https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/tools/DONKI/
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Documentation
https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/v3
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Documentation
https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/api
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Documentation
https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/docs/TAP/usingTAP.html
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Documentation
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/
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Documentation
https://images.nasa.gov/docs/images.nasa.gov_api_docs.pdf
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Documentation
https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/
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Documentation
https://techport.nasa.gov/api
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Documentation
https://tle.ivanstanojevic.me/
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Documentation
https://sscweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/WebServices/REST/
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Documentation
https://genelab.nasa.gov/genelab-help/genelab-api
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Documentation
https://trek.nasa.gov/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nasa-gov/refs/heads/main/openapi/nasa-gov-cad-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nasa-gov/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apod-schema.json

Other Resources

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SourceCode
https://github.com/nasa/apod-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/SpaceRocks/NeoWs
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SourceCode
https://github.com/chrisccerami/mars-photo-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/nasa/NASA-Image-and-Video-Library
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Portal
https://technology.nasa.gov/

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OpenAPI Specification

nasa-gov-cad-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) Album CAD 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: CAD
paths:
  /cad.api:
    get:
      summary: Close Approach Data
      operationId: getCAD
      tags:
      - CAD
      parameters:
      - name: date-min
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: date-max
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: dist-min
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: dist-max
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: h-min
        in: query
        schema:
          type: number
      - name: h-max
        in: query
        schema:
          type: number
      - name: v-inf-min
        in: query
        schema:
          type: number
      - name: v-inf-max
        in: query
        schema:
          type: number
      - name: class
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: pha
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: nea
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: comet
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: nea-comet
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: neo
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: kind
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: spk
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: des
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: body
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: sort
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: total-only
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: diameter
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: fullname
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Close approach data table.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key