Data · dataset · 2025
Astronomy Picture of the Day API
Listed in Open NASA
This endpoint structures the APOD imagery and associated metadata so that it can be repurposed for other applications.
Description
In addition, if the concept_tags parameter is set to True, then keywords derived from the image explanation are returned. These keywords could be used as auto-generated hashtags for twitter or instagram feeds; but generally help with discoverability of relevant imagery.
Links
Get the data
- Astronomy Picture of the Day API api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod ↗
download · from open nasa gov
Where it is published
- Open NASA dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/astronomy-picture-of-the-day-api ↗
landing page · from open nasa gov
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=422b65c7-beb3-4840-9c0e-e13bd7dcb… ↗
metadata API · from open nasa gov
Topics
- From keywords
- Social Science
- Inferred from text
- Image 75%
Related
- Possibly the same asAstronomy Picture of the Day API
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open NASA | 422b65c7-beb3-4840-9c0e-e13bd7dcb27b | 15 h ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · open nasa gov | connector:open_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · open nasa gov | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| created_date | source · open nasa gov | connector:open_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · open nasa gov | connector:open_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | /notes |
| license_text | source · open nasa gov | connector:open_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · open nasa gov | connector:open_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · open nasa gov | connector:open_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · open nasa gov | connector:open_nasa_gov@1.0.0 |