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NASA Open APIs TAP API

The TAP API from NASA Open APIs — 2 operation(s) for tap.

NASA Open APIs TAP 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 TAP. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

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

2 operations 2 paths 0 schemas 1 GET1 POST

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 TAP 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 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

TAP 2
GET
/sync
Synchronous TAP Query
tapSync 3 params → 200
POST
/async
Asynchronous TAP Query
tapAsync body → 303

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nasa-gov-tap-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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