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Apod Getapod Example

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Apod Getapod Example is an example object payload from NASA Open APIs, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

requestresponse

Example Payload

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{
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod?api_key=DEMO_KEY&date=2026-05-25"
  },
  "response": {
    "date": "2026-05-25",
    "title": "A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Capitol Reef",
    "explanation": "A representative example response. Real responses contain a multi-paragraph editorial explanation written by APOD editors describing the imagery, its scientific context, and credits.",
    "url": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2605/example.jpg",
    "hdurl": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2605/example_hd.jpg",
    "media_type": "image",
    "service_version": "v1",
    "copyright": "Example Photographer"
  }
}