# NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) Lookup

> NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from api.gocreativeai.com, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Retrieves NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day, optionally for a specific date, returning image URL, title, explanation, and metadata.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.gocreativeai.com/v1/lookup/nasa_apod
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/nasa-astronomy-picture-of-the-day-apod-lookup-adf3f1b9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_o_IAPSJevqu1fiLfXjF4B

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability nasa-astronomy-picture-of-the-day-apod-lookup-adf3f1b9
```

Example prompt: What was NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day on July 4, 2023? Show me the image and its description.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an agent needs quick, cheap ($0.005) access to NASA's daily astronomy image and description without setting up NASA API keys. Ideal for space/science content queries, chatbots, or educational tools that want to surface NASA imagery by date.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid date format returns error (date must be YYYY-MM-DD)
- Date before APOD service launch (June 16, 1995) may return error
- No date provided defaults to today's APOD
- Payment failure in USDC prevents call from completing
- NASA upstream API unavailability causes 5xx error

## How this service works

Keyless, pay-per-call compliance & regulated-data API for AI agents — OFAC wallet + sanctions/PEP + KYB screening, SEC filings, FRED economics, FDA recalls, federal awards, plus continuous monitoring. USDC on Base/Solana via x402, native MCP. No API key, no signup.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing the APOD image or video URL, title, textual explanation, date, media type (image or video), and copyright information for the requested date.

## Example request

```json
{
 "date": "2024-01-15"
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "input"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "input": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "endpoint argument"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

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