Learn how to use and integrate NASA APIs in applications to retrieve data about space from NASA's public archives.

Become a Python-based API Integrator

This module will help us explore space using NASA's public data archives. We'll first set up an account to generate a unique API key. We'll then walk through five different APIs. The Asteroid NeoWs API will help us retrieve data about near-Earth asteroids. We'll then use the EONET API to retrieve data regarding hazards and the EPIC API to retrieve color images of Earth. Next, we'll pull surface photos of Mars using the Mars Rover Photo API before pulling images and metadata for NASA's photo of the day using the APOD API and any other media using the Image and Video Library API. We'll finish our exploration of space by bundling all of our astronomical data and photos into a fully functional Django application. By the end of this module, we'll have a working knowledge of NASA's various APIs and the ability to explore space in an application.

Exploring Space with NASA APIs

Set up your credentials to get the API key for NASA APIs.

Get Started with NASA APIs

Why do we need an API key?