NASA Space Data Scraper

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Extract space data from NASA APIs. Get Astronomy Picture of the Day, Mars Rover photos, near-Earth asteroids, and Earth imagery.

Features

• Extract data from https://api.nasa.gov
• Multiple scraping modes: apod, asteroids, marsPhotos
• Automatic rate limiting (1000 req/hour)
• Proxy support via Apify Proxy
• API authentication support

Input Configuration

Modes

1. apod: /planetary/apod?count={count}
2. asteroids: /neo/rest/v1/feed?start_date={startDate}&end_date={endDate}
3. marsPhotos: /mars-photos/api/v1/rovers/curiosity/photos?sol={sol}&page={page}

Example Input

{
"apiKey":"DEMO_KEY",
"mode":"apod",
"query":"example search",
"maxResults":10
}

Authentication

Free API key from api.nasa.gov (or use DEMO_KEY)

Output

The actor stores results in the Apify dataset. Each item contains:

• date
• title
• explanation
• url
• hdurl
• media_type
• copyright

Usage Example

const input ={
"apiKey":"DEMO_KEY",
"mode":"apod",
"query":"example search",
"maxResults":10
};
const run =await ApifyClient.actor('nasa-data-scraper').call(input);
const{ items }=await ApifyClient.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Limits

• Maximum results per run: 100
• Rate limiting: 1000 req/hour

Support

For issues or questions, contact the developer or open an issue on GitHub.

License

Apache-2.0