NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) API

naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) API
  description: The Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) API provides access to NASA's popular APOD service, returning the astronomy
    picture or video of the day along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
  tags:
  - Nasa
  - API
  created: '2026-05-06'
  modified: '2026-05-06'
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: nasa
    baseUri: https://api.nasa.gov
    description: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) API HTTP API.
    resources:
    - name: planetary-apod
      path: /planetary/apod
      operations:
      - name: getapod
        method: GET
        description: NASA Get Astronomy Picture of the Day
        inputParameters:
        - name: api_key
          in: query
          type: string
          required: true
          description: API key for authentication. Use DEMO_KEY for testing.
        - 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.
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    port: 8080
    namespace: nasa-rest
    description: REST adapter for NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) API.
    resources:
    - path: /planetary/apod
      name: getapod
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getapod
        description: NASA Get Astronomy Picture of the Day
        call: nasa.getapod
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    port: 9090
    namespace: nasa-mcp
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) API for AI agent use.
    tools:
    - name: getapod
      description: NASA Get Astronomy Picture of the Day
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: nasa.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
      inputParameters:
      - name: api_key
        type: string
        description: API key for authentication. Use DEMO_KEY for testing.
        required: true
      - name: date
        type: string
        description: The date of the APOD image to retrieve (YYYY-MM-DD).
      - name: start_date
        type: string
        description: The start of a date range for multiple APOD images.
      - name: end_date
        type: string
        description: The end of a date range. Defaults to today.
      - name: count
        type: integer
        description: Return a specified number of random APOD images.
      - name: thumbs
        type: boolean
        description: Return URL of video thumbnail if media type is video.
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.