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NASA Neo API

The Neo API from NASA — 3 operation(s) for neo.

NASA Neo API is one of 9 APIs that NASA publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

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

3 operations 3 paths 4 schemas 3 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Server
https://api.nasa.gov
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Neo 3
GET
/neo/rest/v1/feed
NASA Get near-Earth objects by date range
getNeoFeed 3 params → 200
GET
/neo/rest/v1/neo/{asteroid_id}
NASA Look up a specific near-Earth object
getNeoById 2 params → 200
GET
/neo/rest/v1/neo/browse
NASA Browse the overall asteroid dataset
browseNeos 3 params → 200

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are NearEarthObject (9 properties), CloseApproach (6 properties), NeoFeed (2 properties), DiameterRange (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DiameterRange
object
2 properties
CloseApproach
object
6 properties
NeoFeed
object
2 properties
NearEarthObject
object
9 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nasa-neo-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs NASA publishes across the network.

NASA Asset API
NASA Captions API
NASA DONKI API
NASA EPIC API
NASA Mars Photos API
NASA Metadata API
NASA Planetary API
NASA Search API