NASA Open APIs

NASA Open APIs Scout API

The Scout API from NASA Open APIs — 1 operation(s) for scout.

GitHub OpenAPI

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-scout-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/

OpenAPI Specification

nasa-gov-scout-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) Album Scout 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: Scout
paths:
  /scout.api:
    get:
      summary: Scout - Near-Real-Time NEO Confirmation
      operationId: scout
      tags:
      - Scout
      parameters:
      - name: tdes
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: orbits
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: n-orbits
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: eph-start
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: eph-stop
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: eph-step
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: obs-code
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: fov-diam
        in: query
        schema:
          type: number
      - name: fov-ra
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: fov-dec
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: fov-vmag
        in: query
        schema:
          type: number
      - name: plot
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: file
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Scout summary or per-object detail.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key