Planet Labs Data - Items API

Item and asset retrieval.

Operations 3

GET /data/v1/item-types/{item_type_id}/items/{item_id} Get item by ID #
GET /data/v1/item-types/{item_type_id}/items/{item_id}/assets List assets for an item #
POST /data/v1/item-types/{item_type_id}/items/{item_id}/coverage Cloud coverage estimate #

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OpenAPI Specification

planet-labs-data-items-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Planet Insights Platform Data - Items API
  description: 'Planet Labs operates the largest commercial Earth observation

    constellation.'
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: API Evangelist
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
  license:
    name: Proprietary
servers:
- url: https://api.planet.com
  description: Planet Insights Platform
security:
- basicAuth: []
- apiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Data - Items
  description: Item and asset retrieval.
paths:
  /data/v1/item-types/{item_type_id}/items/{item_id}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ItemTypeId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ItemId'
    get:
      tags:
      - Data - Items
      summary: Get item by ID
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Item document.
      operationId: getDataV1ItemTypesByItemTypeIdItemsByItemId
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /data/v1/item-types/{item_type_id}/items/{item_id}/assets:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ItemTypeId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ItemId'
    get:
      tags:
      - Data - Items
      summary: List assets for an item
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Asset map.
      operationId: getDataV1ItemTypesByItemTypeIdItemsByItemIdAssets
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /data/v1/item-types/{item_type_id}/items/{item_id}/coverage:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ItemTypeId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ItemId'
    post:
      tags:
      - Data - Items
      summary: Cloud coverage estimate
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Coverage report.
      operationId: postDataV1ItemTypesByItemTypeIdItemsByItemIdCoverage
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  parameters:
    ItemId:
      name: item_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    ItemTypeId:
      name: item_type_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: 'HTTP Basic with the Planet API key as the username and an empty

        password.

        '
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: Alternative API key/token header.