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NASA Open APIs APOD API

The APOD API from NASA Open APIs — 1 operation(s) for apod.

NASA Open APIs APOD API is one of 34 APIs that NASA Open APIs publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include APOD. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

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

1 operations 1 paths 1 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

NASA Open APIs APOD API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as api_key (ApiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

APOD 1
GET
/planetary/apod
Get Astronomy Picture of the Day
getApod 6 params → 200400403429

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is ApodEntry (9 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ApodEntry
object
9 properties 5 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nasa-gov-apod-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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