The National Aeronautics and Space Administration APOD API
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration APOD API is one of 20 APIs that The National Aeronautics and Space Administration publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include APOD. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.nasa.gov.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration APOD 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.
apiKeyQuery— NASA API key (DEMOKEY available for limited use).
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.
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Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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