Get NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

PythonMedia

POST api.upapi.io/nasa-apod.get

Fetch NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD). Today's by default, or any date from 1995-06-16 onwards. Returns title, explanation, media URL (+ HD variant), copyright. Uses DEMO_KEY by default; set NASA_API_KEY env for higher rate limits.

nasaspaceastronomypython

AuthAPI key

Cost1 unit

Timeout25s

Cache3600s

Request schema

Field	Type	Description
`hd`	boolean	Include high-resolution URL when available· default: `true`
`date`		YYYY-MM-DD; omit for today. Must be on or after 1995-06-16.· default: `null`

Response schema

Field	Type	Description
`url`req	string
`date`req	string
`hdurl`req
`title`req	string
`copyright`req
`fetchedAt`req	string
`mediaType`req	string
`explanation`req	string

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hdoptional· default: true

Include high-resolution URL when available

dateoptional· default: null

YYYY-MM-DD; omit for today. Must be on or after 1995-06-16.

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Code examples

curl -X POST https://api.upapi.io/nasa-apod.get \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -d '{ "hd": true, "date": "2024-07-04" }'

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