pm-nasa

pm-nasa

Purpose

Reads NASA Open API data: Astronomy Picture of the Day, Near-Earth Objects (NeoWs feed and browse), EPIC Earth imagery, and Mars rover photos. Read-only.

Icon

• id: nasa
• asset: icons/nasa.svg
• source: upstream_registry
• review_status: upstream_seeded
• review_url: https://api.nasa.gov/

Capabilities

• check=true catalog=true read=true write=false query=false
• Integration type: api

Authentication

• Use pm credentials add with --from-env or --value-stdin for secret fields.

Configuration

• base_url
• count
• end_date
• mode
• sol
• start_date
• thumbs
• api_key (secret) (required)

ETL Streams

• apod:
  • primary key: date
  • cursor: date
  • fields: copyright(string), date(string), explanation(string), hdurl(string), media_type(string), service_version(string), thumbnail_url(string), title(string), url(string)
• neo_feed:
  • primary key: id
  • fields: absolute_magnitude_h(number), id(string), is_potentially_hazardous_asteroid(boolean), is_sentry_object(boolean), name(string), nasa_jpl_url(string), neo_reference_id(string)
• neo_browse:
  • primary key: id
  • fields: absolute_magnitude_h(number), id(string), is_potentially_hazardous_asteroid(boolean), is_sentry_object(boolean), name(string), nasa_jpl_url(string), neo_reference_id(string)
• epic:
  • primary key: identifier
  • fields: caption(string), date(string), identifier(string), image(string), version(string)
• mars_photos:
  • primary key: id
  • fields: camera(string), earth_date(string), id(integer), img_src(string), rover(string), sol(integer)

Sync Modes

• ETL sync modes: full_refresh_append, full_refresh_overwrite, full_refresh_overwrite_deduped

Security

• read risk: external NASA Open API read of public astronomy and space data
• approval: none; read-only, no reverse-ETL writes
• Never pass secret values in chat, shell arguments, logs, docs, or JSON output.

Commands

Inspect as a manual

pm connectors inspect nasa

Inspect as structured JSON

pm connectors inspect nasa --json

Agent Rules

• Run pm connectors inspect nasa before creating credentials or plans.
• Use --json only when the caller needs structured output; use the manual for human-readable guidance.
• Never ask the user to paste secret values into chat.