NASA Open APIs · Example Payload

Mars Rover Photos Getroverphotos Example

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Mars Rover Photos Getroverphotos 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

{
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://api.nasa.gov/mars-photos/api/v1/rovers/curiosity/photos?sol=1000&camera=mast&api_key=DEMO_KEY"
  },
  "response": {
    "photos": [
      {
        "id": 102693,
        "sol": 1000,
        "img_src": "https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/proj/msl/redops/ods/surface/sol/01000/opgs/edr/mcam/1000MR0044631300503690E01_DXXX.jpg",
        "earth_date": "2015-05-30",
        "camera": {
          "id": 22,
          "name": "MAST",
          "rover_id": 5,
          "full_name": "Mast Camera"
        },
        "rover": {
          "id": 5,
          "name": "Curiosity",
          "landing_date": "2012-08-06",
          "launch_date": "2011-11-26",
          "status": "active"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

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