markkdamm / localhost-nasa-api

Working with nasa api from local host. Simple project.

Nasa API request from localhost

This app consists of two nodejs scripts. both setup a localhost in the router it can be accessed from any device typing the ip address followed by the port [mars rovers: 8080], [pic-of-day:3000] as long as its connected to the same wifi network as the computer its deployed on. the api key is hidden in a .env file, you must sign up in NASA open APIs and then save that key inside a .env file as API_KEY . I'm using raw node js, but you can use express or other framework to enhance it, if you enhance this contribute to this project, I will be updating this soon adding new feautures such as adding color to the photographs using AI trained
with images of deserts. Happy Coding! 👨‍💻

API Reference

Get all items

  GET path: `mars-photos/api/v1/rovers/curiosity/photos?api_key=`

Rover Cameras

Abbreviation	Camera	Curiosity	Opportunity	Spirit
FHAZ	Front Hazard Avoidance Camera	✔	✔	✔
RHAZ	Rear Hazard Avoidance Camera	✔	✔	✔
MAST	Mast Camera	✔
CHEMCAM	Chemistry and Camera Complex	✔
MAHLI	Mars Hand Lens Imager	✔
MARDI	Mars Descent Imager	✔
NAVCAM	Navigation Camera	✔	✔	✔
PANCAM	Panoramic Camera		✔	✔
MINITES	Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES)		✔	✔

Querying by Martian sol

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
sol	int	none	sol (ranges from 0 to max found in endpoint)
camera	string	all	see table above for abbreviations
page	int	1	25 items per page returned
api_key	string	DEMO_KEY	api.nasa.gov key for expanded usage

Picture of the day

HTTP Request

GET https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
date	YYYY-MM-DD	today	The date of the APOD image to retrieve
start_date	YYYY-MM-DD	none	The start of a date range, when requesting date for a range of dates. Cannot be used with date.
end_date	YYYY-MM-DD	today	The end of the date range, when used with start_date.
count	int	none	If this is specified then count randomly chosen images will be returned. Cannot be used with date or start_date and end_date.
thumbs	bool	False	Return the URL of video thumbnail. If an APOD is not a video, this parameter is ignored.
api_key	string	DEMO_KEY	api.nasa.gov key for expanded usage

Environment Variables

To run this project, you will need to add the following environment variables to your .env file

API_KEY

Authors

◉ @markkdamm

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