NASA FIRMS · Example Payload

Data Availability Request

Example request for the FIRMS Data Availability API to check all sensors.

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Data Availability 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

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{
  "description": "Example request for the FIRMS Data Availability API to check all sensors.",
  "method": "GET",
  "url": "https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/data_availability/csv/{MAP_KEY}/ALL",
  "path_parameters": {
    "map_key": "{MAP_KEY}",
    "sensor": "ALL"
  },
  "notes": "Replace {MAP_KEY} with your free MAP_KEY. Use a specific sensor value (e.g., MODIS_NRT) to limit the response to one sensor."
}

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