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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration EPIC API

Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration EPIC 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 EPIC. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.

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

2 operations 2 paths 0 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration EPIC 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 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

EPIC 2

Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera.

GET
/EPIC/api/natural
Most recent natural-color EPIC images
epicNatural → 200
GET
/EPIC/api/enhanced
Most recent enhanced-color EPIC images
epicEnhanced → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

national-aeronautics-and-space-administration-epic-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs The National Aeronautics and Space Administration publishes across the network.

APOD - Astronomy Picture of the Day
NeoWs - Near Earth Object Web Service
DONKI - Space Weather Database Of Notifications, Knowledge, Information
Earth Imagery and Assets
EONET - Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker
EPIC - Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera
Mars Rover Photos
NASA Image and Video Library
TLE - Two Line Element Set
Exoplanet Archive API
InSight - Mars Weather Service
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