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NASA Earthdata Capabilities API

Essential characteristics of this API including information about the data.

NASA Earthdata Capabilities API is one of 7 APIs that NASA Earthdata publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, /{cmrCollectionId}/ogc-api-coverages/1.0.0.

4 operations 4 paths 7 schemas 4 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 4 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Capabilities 4

Essential characteristics of this API including information about the data.

GET
/
landing page of this API
getLandingPage → 200default
GET
/conformance
information about standards that this API conforms to
getRequirementsClasses → 200default
GET
/collections
Describe the collections in the dataset
describeCollections 4 params → 200default
GET
/collections/{collectionId}
Describe the {collectionId} collection
describeCollection 1 param → 200default

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are collectionInfo (6 properties), extent (4 properties), link (4 properties), exception (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

root
object
1 property 1 required
content
object
2 properties 2 required
link
object
4 properties 1 required
exception
object
2 properties 1 required
req-classes
object
1 property 1 required
collectionInfo
object
6 properties 2 required
extent
object
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nasa-earthdata-capabilities-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs NASA Earthdata publishes across the network.

CMR STAC API
Earthdata Login API
AppEEARS API
Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) API
NASA Earthdata Coverage API
NASA Earthdata OpenAPI API