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Python Nasa API

Simple wrapper for NASA Api written in python which was previously written by abh80 in Javascript as NPM which is deprecated now so i aka Science Spot recreated it in Python using requests modules!

Quick Docs

You need NASA's Official API to use this module!

Load Client Class

# Import Client Class
from nasaapi import Client

# Load your api
nasa = Client(api)
# Replace your api with the original one!

Apod

print(nasa.apod())
# Will return a dict

print(nasa.apod_image())
# Will retun apod image url

Earth

print(nasa.earth(lat, lon, date))
# Lat Lon parameters should be latitude and longitude
# Date parameter should be in the form of YYYY-MM-DD
# Will return a dict

print(nasa.earth_image(lat, lon, date))
# Will return image url

Insight Weather Data

print(nasa.insight())
# Will return a dict

Data of mars rovers

There are two methods to get this data

1. Using MarsRovers Class

from nasaapi import MarsRovers

rovers = MarsRovers(api_key, sols, camera)
# api_key would be your NASA Api key. Sols would be the Mars Days. Camera is the name of camera to view

print(rovers.curiosity()) # Get data of Curiosity Rover
print(rovers.opportunity()) # Get data of Oportunity Rover
print(rovers.spirit()) # Get data of Spirit Rover

2. Using Client Class

rovers = nasa.mars_rovers(sols, camera)
# Sols would be the Mars Days. Camera is the name of camera to view

print(rovers.curiosity()) # Get data of Curiosity Rover
print(rovers.opportunity()) # Get data of Oportunity Rover
print(rovers.spirit()) # Get data of Spirit Rover

Techport

Get data of nasa's techport

print(nasa.techport(id))
# ID will be the id of the techport project!
# Will return dict unless its a better id

Two Line Element Sets of Nasa

Get data of nasa's tle

print(nasa.tle.search(query))
# Will return data of a search

print(nasa.tle.get(query))
# Will get of 1 data only

NIVL aka Nasa Image and Video Library

Get images, Search Images, and other image and video library of NASA

print(nasa.nivl.search(query))
# Query will be the query you will search

print(nasa.nivl.asset(id))
# Get Asset by ID

print(nasa.nivl.metadata(id))
# Get Metadata by ID

print(nasa.nivl.captions(id))
# Get Captions by ID

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