NASApi 0.0.5

Simple NASA API wrapper

NASApi

This is a simple API wrapper for NASA's Open APIs and should not be confused with Raspberry Pi programs.

Installation

All you need to do is install the required library.

pip install NASApi

In constants.py replace "DEMO_KEY" with your NASA API key

key = "DEMO_KEY"

Usage

# only import the ones you know you will use instead of importing everything
from NASApi import * 

# Simple as instantiating the class you would like to use
apods = APOD()
insights = Insight()
earths = Earth(1.5, 100.75, "2019-07-23", .15) 
epics = EPIC("enhanced", "2020-10-27")

Extra Code

Goodie #1 Simple code for viewing the current Astronomy Picture Of the Day

from NASApi import APOD
from PIL import Image

apod = APOD("2020-08-18") # Instantiates the class
pic = Image.open(apod.bytes_image) # Opens the bytes image using PIL
pic.show() # Opens the current image for viewing pleasures 

apod = APOD("2020-08-19") # Instantiates the class
pic = Image.open(apod.bytes_thumbnail) # Opens the bytes image using PIL
pic.show() # Opens the current image for viewing pleasures 

Goodie #2 Simple code for viewing the images of the passed-in date and combines them into a gif for view pleasures

from NASApi import EPIC
from PIL import Image

imgs = []
j = 0
epic = EPIC("enhanced", "2020-10-27") # Instantiates the class

for i in epic.images: # Goes through the images returned by the EPIC variable above
    pic = Image.open(epic.getbytesimage(i, epic.dates[j])) # Opens the current image in the list
    imgs.append(pic.convert('RGB')) # Append the current picture to the list
    j += 1 # Moves on to the next index in the list

# save_all means if True, all frames will be saved, while if False means that only the first frame will be saved
# loop means how many times the GIF should loop (0 -> infinite)
# append_image is the list of images to append as additional frames
imgs[0].save("test.gif", append_images=imgs[1:], save_all=True, loop=0, duration=300)