NasaAPI Package

Get NASA's collection of asteroids and space pictures.

• Domain: nasa.gov
• Credentials: apiKey

How to get credentials:

You do not need to authenticate in order to explore the NASA data. However, if you will be intensively using the APIs to, say, support a mobile application, then you should sign up for a NASA developer key.

Custom datatypes:

Datatype	Description	Example
Datepicker	String which includes date and time	2016-05-28 00:00:00
Map	String which includes latitude and longitude coma separated	50.37, 26.56
List	Simple array	["123", "sample"]
Select	String with predefined values	sample
Array	Array of objects	[{"Second name":"123","Age":"12","Photo":"sdf","Draft":"sdfsdf"},{"name":"adi","Second name":"bla","Age":"4","Photo":"asfserwe","Draft":"sdfsdf"}]

NasaAPI.getPictureOfTheDay

This endpoint structures the APOD imagery and associated metadata so that it can be repurposed for other applications. In addition, if the concept_tags parameter is set to True, then keywords derived from the image explanation are returned.

Field	Type	Description
apiKey	credentials	Optional: Your ApiKey obtained from NASA for expanded usage. You do not need to authenticate in order to explore the NASA data. However, if you will be intensively using the APIs to, say, support a mobile application, then you should sign up for a NASA developer key.
date	Datepicker	Optional: The date of the APOD image to retrieve. Format: YYYY-MM-DD. Default "today".
highResolution	String	Optional: Retrieve the URL for the high resolution image. Default false.

NasaAPI.getClosestAsteroids

Retrieve a list of Asteroids based on their closest approach date to Earth.

Field	Type	Description
apiKey	credentials	Optional: Your ApiKey obtained from NASA for expanded usage. You do not need to authenticate in order to explore the NASA data. However, if you will be intensively using the APIs to, say, support a mobile application, then you should sign up for a NASA developer key.
startDate	Datepicker	Optional: Starting date for asteroid search. Format: YYYY-MM-DD. Default: "today"
endDate	DatePicker	Optional: Ending date for asteroid search. Format: YYYY-MM-DD. Default: 7 days after startDate.

NasaAPI.getSingleAsteroid

Lookup a specific Asteroid based on its NASA JPL small body (SPK-ID) ID.

Field	Type	Description
apiKey	credentials	Optional: Your ApiKey obtained from NASA for expanded usage. You do not need to authenticate in order to explore the NASA data. However, if you will be intensively using the APIs to, say, support a mobile application, then you should sign up for a NASA developer key.
asteroidId	String	Optional: Asteroid SPK-ID correlates to the NASA JPL small body.

NasaAPI.getAsteroidStats

Get the Near Earth Object data set totals.

Field	Type	Description
apiKey	credentials	Optional: Your ApiKey obtained from NASA for expanded usage. You do not need to authenticate in order to explore the NASA data. However, if you will be intensively using the APIs to, say, support a mobile application, then you should sign up for a NASA developer key.

NasaAPI.getAsteroids

Retieve a paginated list of Near Earth Objects.

Field	Type	Description
apiKey	credentials	Optional: Your ApiKey obtained from NASA for expanded usage. You do not need to authenticate in order to explore the NASA data. However, if you will be intensively using the APIs to, say, support a mobile application, then you should sign up for a NASA developer key.
page	String	Optional: The page number of the results. Default: 0
size	String	Optional: The number of returned results per page. Default: 20

NasaAPI.getEPICEarthImagery

Retieve a paginated list of Near Earth Objects.

Field	Type	Description
apiKey	credentials	Optional: Your ApiKey obtained from NASA for expanded usage. You do not need to authenticate in order to explore the NASA data. However, if you will be intensively using the APIs to, say, support a mobile application, then you should sign up for a NASA developer key.
date	Datepicker	Optional: Retrieve matadata for all imagery available for a given date. Format: YYYY-MM-DD.
availableDates	String	Optional: Retrieve a listing of all dates with available imagery.

NasaAPI.getPatents

This endpoint provides structured, searchable developer access to NASA’s patents that have been curated to support technology transfer.

Field	Type	Description
apiKey	credentials	Optional: Your ApiKey obtained from NASA for expanded usage. You do not need to authenticate in order to explore the NASA data. However, if you will be intensively using the APIs to, say, support a mobile application, then you should sign up for a NASA developer key.
query	String	Optional: Search text to filter results.
conceptTags	String	Optional: Return an ordered dictionary of concepts from the patent abstract.
limit	String	Optional: number of patents to return.

NasaAPI.getSpaceSounds

This endpoint provides a series of space sounds via sound cloud.

Field	Type	Description
apiKey	credentials	Optional: Your ApiKey obtained from NASA for expanded usage. You do not need to authenticate in order to explore the NASA data. However, if you will be intensively using the APIs to, say, support a mobile application, then you should sign up for a NASA developer key.
query	String	Optional: Search text to filter results.
limit	String	Optional: number of patents to return.

NasaAPI.getEarthImagery

This endpoint retrieves the Landsat 8 image for the supplied location and date. The response will include the date and URL to the image that is closest to the supplied date.

Field	Type	Description
apiKey	credentials	Optional: Your ApiKey obtained from NASA for expanded usage. You do not need to authenticate in order to explore the NASA data. However, if you will be intensively using the APIs to, say, support a mobile application, then you should sign up for a NASA developer key.
coordinate	Map	Required: Latitude and longitude coma separated.
dimension	String	Optional: width and height of image in degrees.
date	Datepicker	Optional: date of image; if not supplied, then the most recent image (i.e., closest to today) is returned. Format: YYYY-MM-DD.
cloudScore	String	Optional: calculate the percentage of the image covered by clouds. Default false.

NasaAPI.getEarthAssets

This endpoint retrieves the date-times and asset names for available imagery for a supplied location.

Field	Type	Description
apiKey	credentials	Optional: Your ApiKey obtained from NASA for expanded usage. You do not need to authenticate in order to explore the NASA data. However, if you will be intensively using the APIs to, say, support a mobile application, then you should sign up for a NASA developer key.
coordinate	Map	Required: Latitude and longitude coma separated.
begin	Datepicker	Optional: beginning of date range. Format: YYYY-MM-DD.
end	Datepicker	Optional: end of date range. Format: YYYY-MM-DD.

NasaAPI.getMarsRoverPhotos

This API is designed to collect image data gathered by NASA's Curiosity, Opportunity, and Spirit rovers on Mars and make it more easily available to other developers, educators, and citizen scientists.

Field	Type	Description
apiKey	credentials	Optional: Your ApiKey obtained from NASA for expanded usage. You do not need to authenticate in order to explore the NASA data. However, if you will be intensively using the APIs to, say, support a mobile application, then you should sign up for a NASA developer key.
sol	String	Optional: sol (ranges from 0 to max found in endpoint).
camera	String	Optional: Abbreviation of the camera.
page	String	Optional: The page number. 25 items per page returned.

NasaAPI.getEONETEvents

This method returns most recent EONET (Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker) events.

Field	Type	Description
apiKey	credentials	Optional: Your ApiKey obtained from NASA for expanded usage. You do not need to authenticate in order to explore the NASA data. However, if you will be intensively using the APIs to, say, support a mobile application, then you should sign up for a NASA developer key.
source	String	Optional: Filter the returned events by the Source. Multiple sources can be included in the parameter: comma separated, operates as a boolean OR.
status	String	Optional: Events that have ended are assigned a closed date and the existence of that date will allow you to filter for only-open or only-closed events. Omitting the status parameter will return only the currently open events.
days	String	Optional: Limit the number of prior days (including today) from which events will be returned.

NasaAPI.getEONETCategories

This method returns EONET (Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker) categories.

Field	Type	Description
apiKey	credentials	Optional: Your ApiKey obtained from NASA for expanded usage. You do not need to authenticate in order to explore the NASA data. However, if you will be intensively using the APIs to, say, support a mobile application, then you should sign up for a NASA developer key.
categoryId	String	Optional: Filter the returned events by the Category.
source	String	Optional: Filter the returned events by the Source. Multiple sources can be included in the parameter: comma separated, operates as a boolean OR.
status	String	Optional: Events that have ended are assigned a closed date and the existence of that date will allow you to filter for only-open or only-closed events. Omitting the status parameter will return only the currently open events.
limit	String	Optional: Limits the number of events returned.
days	String	Optional: Limit the number of prior days (including today) from which events will be returned.

NasaAPI.getEONETLayers

This endpoint is a reference to a specific web service (e.g., WMS, WMTS) that can be used to produce imagery of a particular NASA data parameter. Layers are mapped to categories within EONET in order to provide a category-specific list of layers (e.g., the 'Volcanoes' category is mapped to layers that can provide imagery in true color, SO2, aerosols, etc.).

Field	Type	Description
apiKey	credentials	Optional: Your ApiKey obtained from NASA for expanded usage. You do not need to authenticate in order to explore the NASA data. However, if you will be intensively using the APIs to, say, support a mobile application, then you should sign up for a NASA developer key.
categoryId	String	Optional: Filter the returned events by the Category.