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NASA Mars Rovers Photos API

Retrieve rover photos filtered by sol, Earth date, and camera.

NASA Mars Rovers Photos API is one of 3 APIs that NASA Mars Rovers publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.1.2.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.nasa.gov/mars-photos/api/v1.

2 operations 2 paths 5 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.1.2
Base URL
https://api.nasa.gov/mars-photos/api/v1
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

NASA Mars Rovers Photos API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as api_key (apiKeyQuery). By default, every request must be authenticated.

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.

Photos 2

Retrieve rover photos filtered by sol, Earth date, and camera.

GET
/rovers/{rover}/photos
Get rover photos by sol or Earth date
getRoverPhotosBySol 6 params → 200400403
GET
/rovers/{rover}/latest_photos
Get the most recent photos for a rover
getRoverLatestPhotos 2 params → 200403

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Photo (6 properties), RoverSummary (5 properties), Camera (4 properties), PhotosResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

LatestPhotosResponse
object
1 property
Photo
object
A single rover photo record.
6 properties
RoverSummary
object
Summary rover metadata embedded in photo records.
5 properties
PhotosResponse
object
1 property
Camera
object
Camera metadata attached to a photo record.
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nasa-mars-photos-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs NASA Mars Rovers publishes across the network.

NASA Mars Rovers Manifests API
NASA Mars Rovers Rovers API