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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) via fittings.sh
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) via fittings.sh is a paid API for AI agents from fittings.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.0075/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Returns NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day — title, explanation, media URLs, and copyright — for a specific date or as a random selection.
Price / call$0.0075
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
NASA's daily astronomy image with its title, explanation, media URLs and copyright, by date or as a random selection.
Output
Returns a JSON object (or array for random selections) containing the date, title, plain-English explanation, URL to the image or video media, high-definition URL where available, media type, and copyright attribution for the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Example use cases
Historical space event photo lookup
“Can you pull up the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day for July 20, 1969 — the Apollo 11 moon landing date — and give me the title, image URL, and explanation?”
Daily astronomy image for a newsletter
“Fetch today's NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day so I can include the title, image, and description in our daily science newsletter.”
Random space image gallery collection
“Give me 5 random NASA astronomy pictures of the day — I want the titles, image URLs, and explanations to display in a gallery.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://fittings.sh/v1/nasa/astronomy-pictureWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need structured, machine-readable APOD data including explanation text, media URLs, and copyright in a single call, especially when you need historical date lookup or random image sampling via a simple paid REST API with no API key management.
Side effects
- Date out of range (before 1995-06-16 or in the future) returns an error
- Count parameter outside 1-10 range is rejected
- Non-ISO date format causes a validation error
- NASA upstream API downtime may cause failures
- Payment not processed results in 402 error
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object |
Tags
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