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NASA Earthdata Coverage API

Access to data (coverage).

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

This API exposes 8 operations across 7 paths, and defines 6 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.

8 operations 7 paths 6 schemas 7 GET1 POST

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 8

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 7 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Coverage 8

Access to data (coverage).

GET
/collections/{collectionId}/coverage
(Not yet implemented) description of the coverage offering identified by {collectionId} including envelope
getCoverageOffering 1 param → 200default
GET
/collections/{collectionId}/coverage/description
(Not yet implemented) returns the whole coverage description consisting of domainset, rangetype, and metadata (but not the rangeset)
getCoverageDescription 2 params → 200default
GET
/collections/{collectionId}/coverage/domainset
(Not yet implemented) retrieve a coverages domainset; use content negotiation to request HTML or GeoJSON
getCoverageDomainSet 2 params → 200default
GET
/collections/{collectionId}/coverage/rangetype
(Not yet implemented) retrieve a coverage's rangetype; use content negotiation to request HTML or GeoJSON
getCoverageRangeType 1 param → 200default
GET
/collections/{collectionId}/coverage/metadata
(Not yet implemented) retrieve a coverage's metadata; use content negotiation to request HTML or GeoJSON
getCoverageMetadata 1 param → 200default
GET
/collections/{collectionId}/coverage/rangeset
Retrieve a coverage's rangeset
getCoverageRangeset 25 params → 200default
POST
/collections/{collectionId}/coverage/rangeset
Retrieve a coverage's rangeset
postCoverageRangeset 25 params body → 200default
GET
/collections/{collectionId}/coverage/all
(Not yet implemented) retrieve a coverages rangeset; use content negotiation to request HTML or GeoJSON
getCoverageAll 10 params → 200default

Schemas 6

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

exception
object
2 properties 1 required
coverageMetadata
string
coverageMultipart
string
rangeSetImage
string
coverageDescription
string
coverageOffering
string

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nasa-earthdata-coverage-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 Capabilities API
NASA Earthdata OpenAPI API