Postman Examples
Before you try out the various endpoints, you need to set up the authentication for the Postman. Authentication Page describes how it is done.
Collections
Return list of all Collections
Collection
Return specific Collection
Items
Return paged Items ordered by datetime descending (It doesn’t support search parameters, so often /stac/v1/search is preferred instead)
Item
Returns a single Item for a given Collection and Item ID
Queryables
Returns the queryable names for the STAC API Item Search using Query Extension Below are the two ways to query the “queryable items“ for a given collection
Search
Implements STAC basic Item search functionality + extensions
Ensure the content-type header is application/json
Query Extension via POST Method
EarthPlatform STAC API supports the Query Extension. It currently does not support the Filter Extension.
Advanced searching can be performed using a query
object. This allows searching over supported properties on STAC items using various operators.
Fields Extension
The Fields Extension allows you to specify which fields are returned from the API, reducing data transfer size.
Exclude
Sortby Extension
By default, Items are returned by datetime
descending. Then by id
ascending.
Sorting by property eo:cloud_cover
is also supported on the /search
endpoint:
Asc | Desc |
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