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NASA Mars Rovers

NASA Mars Rovers Photos API

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

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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 3.2.0, 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

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.1.2
Base URL
https://api.nasa.gov/mars-photos/api/v1
Authentication
API Key
Contact
NASA APIs Team
License
Public Domain (U.S. Government Work)
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), LatestPhotosResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

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

Specification

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Source

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

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API Details
ID
nasa-mars:nasa-mars-photos-api
Base URL
https://api.nasa.gov/mars-photos/api/v1
Docs
https://api.nasa.gov/#MarsPhotos
Provider
NASA Mars Rovers
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