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NASA FIRMS Area Fire Detections API

Active fire hotspot detections within a bounding box area

NASA FIRMS Area Fire Detections API is one of 4 APIs that NASA FIRMS publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Area Fire Detections. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 4.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov.

2 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
4.0
Base URL
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov
Terms of Service
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.

Area Fire Detections 2

Active fire hotspot detections within a bounding box area

GET
/api/area/csv/{map_key}/{source}/{area_coordinates}/{day_range}
Get area fire detections (most recent)
getAreaFireDetections 4 params → 200400401429
GET
/api/area/csv/{map_key}/{source}/{area_coordinates}/{day_range}/{date}
Get area fire detections starting from a specific date
getAreaFireDetectionsByDate 5 params → 200400401429

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

FireDetectionCSV
string
CSV-formatted active fire detection data. Columns vary by sensor but typically include latitude, longitude, brightness temperature, scan size, track size, acqu…
SourceEnum
string
Satellite sensor data source identifier.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nasa-firms-area-fire-detections-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs NASA FIRMS publishes across the network.

NASA FIRMS Data Availability API
NASA FIRMS KML Fire Footprints API
NASA FIRMS Missing Data API