NASA Earthdata

NASA Earthdata is the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) portal providing access to NASA's Earth observation data holdings. It offers REST APIs for searching, discovering, and downloading satellite imagery, climate data, and Earth science datasets from NASA missions including the Common Metadata Repository, Harmony data transformation services, Global Imagery Browse Services, and the Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples.

NASA Earthdata publishes 7 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Capabilities API, Coverage API, Open API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Earth Observation, Satellite Data, Climate Data, Remote Sensing, and Geospatial.

The NASA Earthdata catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

NASA Earthdata’s developer surface includes developer portal, authentication, status page, engineering blog, GitHub presence, and 9 more developer resources.

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Earth Observation Satellite Data Climate Data Remote Sensing Geospatial NASAScience Data

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Composite quality — 32.0/100 · thin

Contract Quality 7.6 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 15

Access Clarity 3.9 / 15

Operational Transparency 0.5 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 2.9 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 18/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 0 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
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A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

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Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 40.7 — up to +14.8 composite points
Access Clarity scores 26.3 — up to +14.7 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 38.1 — up to +12.4 composite points

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Space and Satellite (operators, earth observation, ground segment)	undeclared	-	-	1

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

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APIs 7

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

CMR STAC API

The CMR SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) API provides a STAC-compliant interface over NASA's Common Metadata Repository, enabling discovery and access to Earth science data c...

Earthdata Login API

The Earthdata Login API provides free and immediate access to thousands of EOSDIS data products covering all Earth science disciplines. It manages user authentication and profil...

AppEEARS API

The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) API offers a RESTful interface for submitting and managing area or point-based data extraction tas...

Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) API

The Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) API delivers quick access to over 1,000 satellite imagery products through standards-compliant web services including WMTS, WMS, and Ti...

NASA Earthdata Capabilities API

Essential characteristics of this API including information about the data.

NASA Earthdata Coverage API

Access to data (coverage).

NASA Earthdata Open API

The Open API API from NASA Earthdata — 1 operation(s) for open api.

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Open Collections 3

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Harmony API conforming to OGC API - Coverages Capabilities API

OPEN COLLECTION

Harmony API conforming to OGC API - Coverages Capabilities Coverage API

OPEN COLLECTION

Harmony API conforming to OGC API - Coverages Capabilities OpenAPI API

OPEN COLLECTION

NASA Earthdata API pricing

Not yet checked against NASA Earthdata's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist; confirm before you rely on a figure.

Plan	Price
Free Public Access Free	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Plans

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

NASA Earthdata

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

NASA Earthdata API Rules

43 rules · 41 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Nasa Earthdata Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Nasa Earthdata Agentic Access

13 operations

13 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Forums

Forums

Status

Status

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

name: NASA Earthdata
description: NASA Earthdata is the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) portal providing access to
  NASA's Earth observation data holdings. It offers REST APIs for searching, discovering, and downloading satellite imagery,
  climate data, and Earth science datasets from NASA missions including the Common Metadata Repository, Harmony data transformation
  services, Global Imagery Browse Services, and the Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/nasa-earthdata.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nasa-earthdata/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
version: '0.19'
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- Earth Observation
- Satellite Data
- Climate Data
- Remote Sensing
- Geospatial
- NASA
- Science Data
apis:
- name: CMR STAC API
  description: The CMR SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) API provides a STAC-compliant interface over NASA's Common Metadata
    Repository, enabling discovery and access to Earth science data collections and items using the widely-adopted STAC specification.
    Supports provider-specific STAC catalogs for individual NASA DAACs.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/engage/open-data-services-software/earthdata-developer-portal/cmr-api
  baseURL: https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/stac
  tags:
  - STAC
  - SpatioTemporal
  - Collection
  - Item
  - Geospatial
  tags_raw:
  - STAC
  - SpatioTemporal
  - Collections
  - Items
  - Geospatial
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/nasa/cmr-stac/blob/master/docs/usage/usage.md
  contact:
  - FN: NASA Earthdata
    url: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/contact
    email: support@earthdata.nasa.gov
- name: Earthdata Login API
  description: The Earthdata Login API provides free and immediate access to thousands of EOSDIS data products covering all
    Earth science disciplines. It manages user authentication and profile management using OAuth2 and Single Sign-On (SSO),
    enabling applications to query user information and manage access tokens without maintaining separate user databases.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/engage/open-data-services-software/earthdata-developer-portal/earthdata-login-api
  baseURL: https://urs.earthdata.nasa.gov
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - OAuth
  - SSO
  - User Management
  - Access Control
  tags_raw:
  - Authentication
  - OAuth2
  - SSO
  - User Management
  - Access Control
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/engage/open-data-services-software/earthdata-developer-portal/earthdata-login-api
  contact:
  - FN: NASA Earthdata
    url: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/contact
    email: support@earthdata.nasa.gov
- name: AppEEARS API
  description: The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) API offers a RESTful interface
    for submitting and managing area or point-based data extraction tasks from NASA Earth science datasets. Supports multiple
    output formats including GeoTIFF, NetCDF4, and ENVI, with asynchronous job processing and direct cloud-based S3 data access.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://appeears.earthdatacloud.nasa.gov/api/
  baseURL: https://appeears.earthdatacloud.nasa.gov/api
  tags:
  - Data Extraction
  - Analysis Ready
  - GeoTIFF
  - NetCDF
  - Time Series
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://appeears.earthdatacloud.nasa.gov/api/
  contact:
  - FN: NASA Earthdata
    url: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/contact
    email: support@earthdata.nasa.gov
- name: Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) API
  description: The Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) API delivers quick access to over 1,000 satellite imagery products
    through standards-compliant web services including WMTS, WMS, and Tiled Web Map Service (TWMS). Provides full-resolution
    global imagery with most datasets updated daily within hours of satellite observation. Supports multiple map projections
    and quality tiers with no authentication required for public imagery.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/engage/open-data-services-software/earthdata-developer-portal/gibs-api
  baseURL: https://gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov
  tags:
  - Imagery
  - WMTS
  - WMS
  - Tiles
  - Visualization
  - Satellite Imagery
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nasa-gibs.github.io/gibs-api-docs/access-basics/
  contact:
  - FN: NASA Earthdata
    url: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/contact
    email: support@earthdata.nasa.gov
- aid: nasa-earthdata:nasa-earthdata-capabilities-api
  name: NASA Earthdata Capabilities API
  description: Essential characteristics of this API including information about the data.
  humanURL: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/engage/open-data-services-software/earthdata-developer-portal/cmr-api
  baseURL: https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov
  tags:
  - Capabilities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nasa-earthdata-capabilities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/site/docs/search/api.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://harmony.earthdata.nasa.gov/docs
- aid: nasa-earthdata:nasa-earthdata-coverage-api
  name: NASA Earthdata Coverage API
  description: Access to data (coverage).
  humanURL: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/engage/open-data-services-software/earthdata-developer-portal/cmr-api
  baseURL: https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov
  tags:
  - Coverage
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nasa-earthdata-coverage-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/site/docs/search/api.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://harmony.earthdata.nasa.gov/docs
- aid: nasa-earthdata:nasa-earthdata-open-api-api
  name: NASA Earthdata Open API
  description: The Open API API from NASA Earthdata — 1 operation(s) for open api.
  humanURL: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/engage/open-data-services-software/earthdata-developer-portal/cmr-api
  baseURL: https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/stac
  tags:
  - OpenAPI
  tags_raw:
  - Open API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nasa-earthdata-open-api-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/site/docs/search/api.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://harmony.earthdata.nasa.gov/docs
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/plans.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/finops.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.nasa.gov/
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/nasa-earthdata-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/nasa-earthdata-domain-security.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/engage/open-data-services-software/earthdata-developer-portal
- type: Authentication
  url: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/engage/open-data-services-software/earthdata-developer-portal/earthdata-login-api
- type: Forums
  url: https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/
- type: Status
  url: https://status.earthdata.nasa.gov/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/use-data/data-use-policy
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/news/blog
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/nasa
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

NASA Earthdata API — frequently asked questions

Does NASA Earthdata have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 7 APIs from NASA Earthdata, including CMR STAC API, Earthdata Login API and AppEEARS API, and 4 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the NASA Earthdata API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 3 OpenAPI specifications for NASA Earthdata, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the NASA Earthdata API?

NASA Earthdata uses bearer-token authentication.

How much does the NASA Earthdata API cost?

APIs.io lists 1 pricing plan for NASA Earthdata, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the NASA Earthdata API ready for AI agents?

NASA Earthdata has a Kin Score of 32.0 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 17.5 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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