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NASA EPIC API

The EPIC API from NASA — 5 operation(s) for epic.

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

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

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.nasa.gov.

5 operations 5 paths 2 schemas 5 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Server
https://api.nasa.gov
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 5

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

EPIC 5
GET
/EPIC/api/natural
NASA Get most recent natural color imagery metadata
getEpicNatural 1 param → 200
GET
/EPIC/api/natural/date/{date}
NASA Get natural color imagery metadata for a specific date
getEpicNaturalByDate 2 params → 200
GET
/EPIC/api/natural/all
NASA Get all available natural color imagery dates
getEpicNaturalDates 1 param → 200
GET
/EPIC/api/enhanced
NASA Get most recent enhanced color imagery metadata
getEpicEnhanced 1 param → 200
GET
/EPIC/api/enhanced/date/{date}
NASA Get enhanced color imagery metadata for a specific date
getEpicEnhancedByDate 2 params → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are EpicImage (10 properties), Position (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

EpicImage
object
10 properties
Position
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nasa-epic-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs NASA publishes across the network.

NASA Asset API
NASA Captions API
NASA DONKI API
NASA Mars Photos API
NASA Metadata API
NASA Neo API
NASA Planetary API
NASA Search API