NASA Earthdata

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.
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version: '0.19'
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Earth Observation
- Satellite Data
- Climate Data
- Remote Sensing
- Geospatial
- NASA
- Science Data
apis:
- name: CMR Search API
  description: The Common Metadata Repository (CMR) Search API provides high-performance access to NASA's spatial and temporal
    metadata registry, cataloging hundreds of millions of metadata records describing NASA's Earth-facing satellite data and
    data from select US and international agencies. Supports keyword, spatial, temporal, and faceted searches across collections
    and granules.
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  humanURL: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/engage/open-data-services-software/earthdata-developer-portal/cmr-api
  baseURL: https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov
  tags:
  - Metadata
  - Collections
  - Granules
  - Search
  - Earth Science
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/site/docs/search/api.html
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/site/search_api_docs.html
  contact:
  - FN: NASA Earthdata
    url: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/contact
    email: support@earthdata.nasa.gov
- 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.
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  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
  - 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.
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  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
  - 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.
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  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: Harmony API
  description: The Harmony API provides data transformation and access services for NASA Earth science data, conforming to
    OGC Coverages and EDR API standards. Enables subsetting, reprojection, and format conversion of Earth observation data
    with asynchronous job processing and AWS S3 cloud-native data staging. Supports WMS, OGC Coverages, and OGC EDR access
    patterns.
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  humanURL: https://harmony.earthdata.nasa.gov/docs
  baseURL: https://harmony.earthdata.nasa.gov
  tags:
  - Data Transformation
  - Subsetting
  - Reprojection
  - Cloud Data
  - OGC
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://harmony.earthdata.nasa.gov/docs
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nasa-earthdata/refs/heads/main/openapi/harmony-api-openapi.json
  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.
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  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
common:
- 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