# x402.forgemesh.io Daily Space Photo

> x402.forgemesh.io Daily Space Photo is a paid API for AI agents from x402.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for today or any past date as structured JSON, including title, explanation, media type, and full-resolution URL.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402.forgemesh.io/daily-space-photo
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-forgemesh-io-daily-space-photo-3522102f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_iLXYzMB5CwnUS0WRmuIe1

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 x402-forgemesh-io-daily-space-photo-3522102f -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What's today's NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day? Give me the title, explanation, and full-resolution image URL. Actually, make it for July 4, 2021.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured, machine-readable APOD data (title, explanation, media URL, media type) for today or any historical date back to mid-1995 — ideal for daily-digest bots, content schedulers, education tools, or any agent that needs reliable NASA APOD data without scraping the NASA website directly.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid date format returns an error — must be YYYY-MM-DD
- Dates before mid-1995 are out of range and will fail
- Future dates beyond today are unavailable
- Network or upstream NASA API outage may cause failure
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC) blocks the request

## How this service works

Today's (or any past day's) featured astronomy picture — title, plain-language explanation, media type (image or video), and full-resolution URL — as structured JSON. Pass an optional date (YYYY-MM-DD) to fetch a specific day's picture back to mid-1995. For daily-digest bots, content-scheduling agents, and space-education tools.

## Output

A JSON object containing the APOD title, plain-language explanation, media type (image or video), and the full-resolution media URL for the requested date (or today if no date is specified).

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "date": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Date to fetch, YYYY-MM-DD. Omit for today's picture."
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data": {
   "url": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2607/ngc300_1024.jpg",
   "date": "2026-07-16",
   "hdurl": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2607/ngc300.jpg",
   "title": "NGC 300: A Cosmic Gemstone with Stars and Gas Clouds",
   "media_type": "image",
   "explanation": "This sparkling, colorful gemstone is a spiral galaxy, NGC 300..."
  },
  "attribution": "NASA APOD (public domain)"
 }
}
```

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