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Steward: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)
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Steward: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is a paid API for AI agents from pay.brianbooms.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-11-02).
Returns NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day metadata — title, explanation, and image URLs — for a specific date or a set of random entries.
Price / call$0.01
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Use when an agent needs NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day — title, explanation, and image URLs for a date, or a few random entries for a space moment in a briefing or lesson. Metadata only, never image bytes. Pass date (1995-06-16 to today) or count for random picks. Use permitted: build it into your products and services, paid or free. Raw redistribution of the feed itself is prohibited.
Output
Returns a JSON object (or array for random picks) containing the APOD title, date, explanation text, image URL, high-definition image URL, and media type (image or video). No image bytes are returned — only metadata and URLs.
Example use cases
Daily space briefing insert
“Pull today's NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day — I want the title, explanation, and image URL to include in this morning's briefing.”
Birthday astronomy lookup
“What was NASA's astronomy picture of the day on March 15, 2003? I want to surprise someone with the space image from their birthday.”
Classroom random space images
“Get me 5 random NASA Astronomy Pictures of the Day so I can use them as discussion starters in my astronomy lesson today.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://pay.brianbooms.com/api/v1/data/apod?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need structured APOD metadata — title, explanation, and image URLs — for a specific date or random selection, particularly for enriching content, briefings, educational materials, or space-themed UI. Prefer it over scraping nasa.gov directly, as it handles the x402 micropayment flow and delivers clean JSON. Not suitable if you need the actual image bytes or real-time astronomical data beyond APOD.
Side effects
- Date out of range (before 1995-06-16 or in the future) returns an error
- Count parameter outside 1–10 range may be rejected
- Payment not processed (x402 flow failure) blocks the response
- NASA upstream API downtime causes fetch failure
- Invalid date format returns a validation error
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| date | string | YYYY-MM-DD, default today. Example: 2026-09-27 |
| count | string | Random entries instead of one date, 1-10. Example: 3 |
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