NASA · Schema

APOD Image

An Astronomy Picture of the Day entry from NASA's APOD service.

GovernmentScienceSpace

Properties

Name Type Description
date string The date of the APOD image (YYYY-MM-DD).
explanation string Explanation of the image written by a professional astronomer.
hdurl string URL of the high-resolution image.
media_type string The type of media returned.
service_version string The version of the APOD service.
title string Title of the APOD image.
url string URL of the image or video.
copyright string Copyright holder of the image, if not public domain.
thumbnail_url string URL of the video thumbnail when media_type is video.
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JSON Schema

apod-image.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://github.com/api-evangelist/nasa/blob/main/json-schema/apod-image.json",
  "title": "APOD Image",
  "description": "An Astronomy Picture of the Day entry from NASA's APOD service.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "date": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date",
      "description": "The date of the APOD image (YYYY-MM-DD)."
    },
    "explanation": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Explanation of the image written by a professional astronomer."
    },
    "hdurl": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "URL of the high-resolution image."
    },
    "media_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["image", "video"],
      "description": "The type of media returned."
    },
    "service_version": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The version of the APOD service."
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Title of the APOD image."
    },
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "URL of the image or video."
    },
    "copyright": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Copyright holder of the image, if not public domain."
    },
    "thumbnail_url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "URL of the video thumbnail when media_type is video."
    }
  },
  "required": ["date", "explanation", "media_type", "title", "url"]
}

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