NASA · Arazzo Workflow
NASA Media Asset Retrieval
Version 1.0.0
Search the NASA Image and Video Library, then resolve the downloadable files, metadata, and captions for a match.
Provider
Workflows
media-asset-retrieval
Resolve a searchable NASA media item into its files, metadata, and captions.
Searches the NASA Image and Video Library for a term, resolves the first match into its asset manifest and metadata location, and fetches captions when the match is a video.
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searchArchive
searchMedia
Search the NASA Image and Video Library. The response carries collection items whose data blocks hold the nasa_id needed by every later step, plus a total_hits count used to decide whether there is anything to resolve.
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resolveAssetManifest
getAsset
Resolve the nasa_id from the search hit into its asset manifest. The manifest lists an href for every rendition NASA holds for that media item (thumbnail, small, medium, original), which is what a client actually downloads.
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resolveMetadata
getMetadata
Fetch the metadata location for the same nasa_id. NASA returns a signed URL pointing at the full metadata document rather than the metadata itself, so the caller follows the returned location.
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resolveCaptions
getCaptions
Video assets carry a separate captions file. Resolve its location so the caller can attach captions alongside the downloaded video rendition.
Source API Descriptions
openapi