The National Aeronautics and Space Administration APOD API

Astronomy Picture of the Day.

OpenAPI Specification

national-aeronautics-and-space-administration-apod-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: NASA Open APIs APOD API
  description: 'The api.nasa.gov portal hosts a federated set of NASA APIs covering

    imagery, science, and mission data. All endpoints authenticate via

    the `api_key` query parameter (DEMO_KEY is available for limited

    use). This specification covers commonly used endpoints across

    APOD, NeoWs, DONKI, Earth, EPIC, Mars Rover Photos, and InSight.

    '
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.nasa.gov
  description: NASA api.nasa.gov gateway
security:
- apiKeyQuery: []
tags:
- name: APOD
  description: Astronomy Picture of the Day.
paths:
  /planetary/apod:
    get:
      tags:
      - APOD
      summary: Astronomy Picture of the Day
      operationId: getApod
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: date
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - in: query
        name: start_date
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - in: query
        name: end_date
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - in: query
        name: count
        schema:
          type: integer
      - in: query
        name: thumbs
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: APOD payload.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key
      description: NASA API key (DEMO_KEY available for limited use).