Announcing the data.nasa.gov API

October 12, 2011 | We're excited today to announce the launch of our Data API for data.nasa.gov!

We’re excited today to announce the launch of our Data API for data.nasa.gov, the collaborative online database of NASA datasets we launched in August. The data.nasa.gov API allows a machine-readable interface to return metadata from the site organized by category, tag, date, or search term. We’re hoping this allows new and creative visualizations of the data resources NASA provides to the public. Additionally, it is a learning experience for us as we work to expand transparency, participation, and collaboration at NASA through new uses of technology.

You can view documentation on the API directly on data.nasa.gov. As this (like all of our project) is a continual work-in-progress, we would love your feedback on the tool and your ideas on how you would improve access to NASA’s public data.

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http://giannii.com Giannii

Made my evening. =)
Anonymous

kawaii:)
Tom Kunicki

Another API for users to implement client code against? Any plans to implement functionality against an existing open standards (OGC)?
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http://open.nasa.gov Sean Herron

Tom, thanks for your feedback. Do you have suggestions for how we can work to better implement functionality against open standards? As I mentioned, this is our first foray into this space and we’re definitely interested in working to making it even easier to access our data.