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ISS Location API (Open Notify) Astronauts API

Endpoints for retrieving information about humans currently in space

ISS Location API (Open Notify) Astronauts API is one of 3 APIs that ISS Location API (Open Notify) publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Astronauts. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a GitHub repository.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, http://api.open-notify.org.

2 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Base URL
http://api.open-notify.org
License
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Astronauts 2

Endpoints for retrieving information about humans currently in space

GET
/astros.json
Get People in Space Right Now
getPeopleInSpace → 200
GET
/astros/v1/
Get People in Space Right Now (v1)
getPeopleInSpaceV1 → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AstronautsResponse (3 properties), Astronaut (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AstronautsResponse
object
Response from the people in space endpoint
3 properties 3 required
Astronaut
object
A person currently in space
2 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

iss-api-astronauts-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs ISS Location API (Open Notify) publishes across the network.

People in Space Right Now
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