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Maxar Discovery API

The Discovery API from Maxar — 5 operation(s) for discovery.

Maxar Discovery API is one of 15 APIs that Maxar publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Discovery. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 7 operations across 5 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.maxar.com.

7 operations 5 paths 3 schemas 5 GET2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1
Base URL
https://api.maxar.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Maxar Discovery API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). An API key is passed in the header as MAXAR-API-KEY (apiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — OAuth2 bearer token obtained from the Authentication Token Service.
  • apiKeyAuth — API key for data-related APIs. Cannot be used for Admin or API Key management endpoints, which require an OAuth2 bearer token.

Paths & Operations 7

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 5 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Discovery 7
GET
/discovery/stac/search
Search STAC items
4 params → 200
POST
/discovery/stac/search
Search STAC items (POST body)
body → 200
GET
/discovery/stac/collections
List STAC collections
→ 200
GET
/discovery/stac/items
Get STAC items
→ 200
GET
/discovery/stac/queryables
List discoverable / filterable queryables
→ 200
GET
/discovery/stac/image-grid
Search with filtering and return tiles
→ 200
POST
/discovery/stac/image-grid
Search with filtering and return tiles (POST body)
body → 200

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are StacItem (8 properties), SearchRequest (6 properties), StacItemCollection (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SearchRequest
object
6 properties
StacItem
object
8 properties
StacItemCollection
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

maxar-discovery-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Maxar publishes across the network.

Maxar Authentication / Token Service
Maxar Discovery API
Maxar Ordering API
Maxar Streaming Imagery API
Maxar Streaming Basemap API
Maxar Streaming 3D API
Maxar Monitoring API
Maxar Tasking API
Maxar Raster Analytics API
Maxar Vector Analytics API
Maxar Geospatial Platform Python SDK
Maxar MGP Postman Collection
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