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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) API — Planetary

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) API — Planetary. 1 operations. Lead operation: NASA Get Astronomy Picture of the Day. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Nasa business surface.

Run with Naftiko NasaPlanetary

What You Can Do

GET
Getapod — NASA Get Astronomy Picture of the Day
/v1/planetary/apod

MCP Tools

nasa-get-astronomy-picture-day

NASA Get Astronomy Picture of the Day

read-only idempotent

Capability Spec

apod-planetary.yaml Raw ↑
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) API — Planetary
  description: 'NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) API — Planetary. 1 operations. Lead operation: NASA Get Astronomy
    Picture of the Day. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Nasa business surface.'
  tags:
  - Nasa
  - Planetary
  created: '2026-05-19'
  modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    NASA_API_KEY: NASA_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: apod-planetary
    baseUri: https://api.nasa.gov
    description: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) API — Planetary business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
    resources:
    - name: planetary-apod
      path: /planetary/apod
      operations:
      - name: getapod
        method: GET
        description: NASA Get Astronomy Picture of the Day
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: api_key
          in: query
          type: string
          description: API key for authentication. Use DEMO_KEY for testing.
          required: true
        - name: date
          in: query
          type: string
          description: The date of the APOD image to retrieve (YYYY-MM-DD).
        - name: start_date
          in: query
          type: string
          description: The start of a date range for multiple APOD images.
        - name: end_date
          in: query
          type: string
          description: The end of a date range. Defaults to today.
        - name: count
          in: query
          type: integer
          description: Return a specified number of random APOD images.
        - name: thumbs
          in: query
          type: boolean
          description: Return URL of video thumbnail if media type is video.
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: apod-planetary-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) API — Planetary. One Spectral-compliant resource
      per consumed operation, prefixed with /v1.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/planetary/apod
      name: planetary-apod
      description: REST surface for planetary-apod.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getapod
        description: NASA Get Astronomy Picture of the Day
        call: apod-planetary.getapod
        with:
          api_key: rest.api_key
          date: rest.date
          start_date: rest.start_date
          end_date: rest.end_date
          count: rest.count
          thumbs: rest.thumbs
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: apod-planetary-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) API — Planetary. One tool per consumed operation,
      routed inline through this capability's consumes block.
    tools:
    - name: nasa-get-astronomy-picture-day
      description: NASA Get Astronomy Picture of the Day
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: apod-planetary.getapod
      with:
        api_key: tools.api_key
        date: tools.date
        start_date: tools.start_date
        end_date: tools.end_date
        count: tools.count
        thumbs: tools.thumbs
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.