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NASA CMR Collections API

Collection Search

NASA CMR Collections API is one of 9 APIs that NASA CMR publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Collections. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against the base URL https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search.

1 operations 1 paths 0 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Collections 1

Collection Search

GET
/collections{response_format}
Search for collections
51 params → 200400500default

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nasa-cmr-collections-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs NASA CMR publishes across the network.

CMR Ingest API
CMR Access Control API
CMR GraphQL API
CMR STAC API
CMR OpenSearch API
NASA CMR Capabilities API
NASA CMR Data API
NASA CMR STAC API