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NASA CMR Data API

access to data (features)

NASA CMR Data 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 Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 12 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search.

2 operations 2 paths 12 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search
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.

Data 2

access to data (features)

GET
/{providerId}/collections/{collectionId}/items
fetch features
getFeatures 5 params → 200400404500
GET
{providerId}/collections/{collectionId}/items/{featureId}
fetch a single feature
getFeature 3 params → 200404500

Schemas 12

The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are featureCollectionGeoJSON (6 properties), link (6 properties), featureGeoJSON (5 properties), multilinestringGeoJSON (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

exception
object
Information about the exception: an error code plus an optional description.
2 properties 1 required
geometryGeoJSON
pointGeoJSON
object
2 properties 2 required
link
object
A generic link.
6 properties 2 required
polygonGeoJSON
object
2 properties 2 required
linestringGeoJSON
object
2 properties 2 required
multilinestringGeoJSON
object
2 properties 2 required
featureGeoJSON
object
5 properties 3 required
geometrycollectionGeoJSON
object
2 properties 2 required
multipolygonGeoJSON
object
2 properties 2 required
featureCollectionGeoJSON
object
6 properties 2 required
multipointGeoJSON
object
2 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nasa-cmr-data-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 Collections API
NASA CMR STAC API
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