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NASA Search API

The Search API from NASA — 1 operation(s) for search.

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

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 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.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 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 1

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

Search 1
GET
/search
Search the NASA media library
searchMedia 11 params → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are MediaItem (3 properties), SearchResult (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

MediaItem
object
3 properties
SearchResult
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nasa-search-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 Neo API
NASA Planetary API