NASA Open APIs

NASA Open APIs Earth API

The Earth API from NASA Open APIs — 2 operation(s) for earth.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 2

GET /planetary/earth/imagery Get Earth Imagery #
GET /planetary/earth/assets Get Earth Imagery Asset Metadata #

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-earth-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-earth-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: NASA Imagery Earth API
  description: 'Unlock the significant public investment in earth observation data. Returns Landsat 8 imagery for a

    given latitude/longitude/date and asset metadata. Useful for deforestation monitoring, natural

    disaster damage assessment, and other Earth surface change detection.

    '
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: NASA Open APIs
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/
  license:
    name: US Government Work (Public Domain)
servers:
- url: https://api.nasa.gov
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Earth
paths:
  /planetary/earth/imagery:
    get:
      summary: Get Earth Imagery
      operationId: getEarthImagery
      tags:
      - Earth
      parameters:
      - name: lat
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: number
          format: float
      - name: lon
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: number
          format: float
      - name: dim
        in: query
        description: Width and height of image in degrees (default 0.025).
        schema:
          type: number
          format: float
      - name: date
        in: query
        description: Date of image (YYYY-MM-DD). Returns image closest to this date.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: api_key
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: DEMO_KEY
      responses:
        '200':
          description: PNG image of Earth at the requested coordinate/date.
          content:
            image/png:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
  /planetary/earth/assets:
    get:
      summary: Get Earth Imagery Asset Metadata
      operationId: getEarthAssets
      tags:
      - Earth
      parameters:
      - name: lat
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: number
          format: float
      - name: lon
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: number
          format: float
      - name: date
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: dim
        in: query
        schema:
          type: number
          format: float
      - name: api_key
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: DEMO_KEY
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Asset metadata for the requested coordinate.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  date:
                    type: string
                  id:
                    type: string
                  resource:
                    type: object
                  service_version:
                    type: string
                  url:
                    type: string
                    format: uri
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key