NASA FIRMS · Example Payload

Area Fire Detections Request

Example request for the FIRMS Area Fire Detections API using VIIRS SNPP NRT data over South America for the past 2 days.

NASAFire DetectionSatelliteMODISVIIRSRemote SensingOpen DataEnvironmentalGeospatialScience

Area Fire Detections Request is an example object payload from NASA FIRMS, with 5 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

descriptionmethodurlpath_parametersnotes

Example Payload

{
  "description": "Example request for the FIRMS Area Fire Detections API using VIIRS SNPP NRT data over South America for the past 2 days.",
  "method": "GET",
  "url": "https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/area/csv/{MAP_KEY}/VIIRS_SNPP_NRT/-85,-57,-32,14/2",
  "path_parameters": {
    "map_key": "{MAP_KEY}",
    "source": "VIIRS_SNPP_NRT",
    "area_coordinates": "-85,-57,-32,14",
    "day_range": 2
  },
  "notes": "Replace {MAP_KEY} with your free MAP_KEY from https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/map_key/"
}

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