Astronomy Picture of the Day
nasa.apod
ActionBusiness appsconnection required
Calls the NASA API with the connection's credentials.
Read the Astronomy Picture of the Day and its explanation.
Connection
- Required
- Yes — the node will not save without one
- Auth type
- API key
- Providers
- NASA
- Secret shape
- the API key, or {"api_key": "…"}
- Config it needs
- base_url, images_base_url
- Resolved by
- config.connection_id, else node.connection_id
Configuration
5 fields, none required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Constraints | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
date The day whose picture to read; NASA uses today when it is blank. The archive starts on 1995-06-16. | string | No | — | matches ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$ | 2015-09-07 |
start_date First day of a range of pictures to read. | string | No | — | matches ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$ | 2015-09-01 |
end_date Last day of a range of pictures to read; NASA uses today when a start date is given without one. | string | No | — | matches ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$ | 2015-09-07 |
count Ask NASA for this many randomly chosen pictures instead. It cannot be combined with a date or a date range. | number | No | — | 1–100 | — |
thumbs Include a thumbnail URL for entries whose media is a video. | boolean | No | false | — | — |
Example configuration
Every value below is the contract’s own example or default — nothing invented.
{
"date": "2015-09-07",
"end_date": "2015-09-07",
"start_date": "2015-09-01",
"thumbs": false
}Output
One shape.
result
| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
entries Every picture NASA returned, newest request order. | array | — |
count How many pictures are in this response. | number | — |
date The first entry's date. | string | — |
title The first entry's title. | string | — |
url The first entry's image or video URL. | string | — |
hdurl The first entry's high-resolution image URL. | string | — |
media_type Whether the first entry is an image or a video. | string | — |
explanation The first entry's written explanation. | string | — |
copyright The first entry's copyright holder, when not public. | string | — |
thumbnail_url The first entry's video thumbnail, when asked. | string | — |
{
"copyright": "",
"count": 0,
"date": "",
"entries": [],
"explanation": "",
"hdurl": "",
"media_type": "",
"thumbnail_url": "",
"title": "",
"url": ""
}See Astronomy Picture of the Day run in a workflow.
In a technical demo we add the NASA connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.