# APOD - Astronomy Picture of the Day

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration/apod/  
**Provider:** The National Aeronautics and Space Administration — https://apis.io/providers/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration/  
**Base URL:** https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod  
**Documentation:** https://api.nasa.gov/

APOD - Astronomy Picture of the Day is one of 20 APIs that [The National Aeronautics and Space Administration](https://apis.io/providers/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Astronomy and Imagery. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

One of the most popular websites at NASA is the Astronomy Picture of the Day. This API exposes the same featured image with metadata.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://api.nasa.gov/
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/nasa/apod-api
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other The National Aeronautics and Space Administration APIs (12)

- [NeoWs - Near Earth Object Web Service](https://apis.io/apis/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration/neows/)
- [DONKI - Space Weather Database Of Notifications, Knowledge, Information](https://apis.io/apis/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration/donki/)
- [Earth Imagery and Assets](https://apis.io/apis/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration/earth/)
- [EONET - Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker](https://apis.io/apis/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration/eonet/)
- [EPIC - Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera](https://apis.io/apis/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration/epic/)
- [Mars Rover Photos](https://apis.io/apis/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration/mars-rover-photos/)
- [NASA Image and Video Library](https://apis.io/apis/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration/nasa-image-library/)
- [TLE - Two Line Element Set](https://apis.io/apis/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration/tle/)
- [Exoplanet Archive API](https://apis.io/apis/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration/exoplanet/)
- [InSight - Mars Weather Service](https://apis.io/apis/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration/insight/)
- [TechPort](https://apis.io/apis/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration/techport/)
- [SSD/CNEOS - Solar System Dynamics and Center for Near-Earth Object Studies](https://apis.io/apis/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration/ssd-cneos/)

## Tags

Astronomy, Imagery

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration/apod/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration/.