GET collections

nasa.gov:nasa-earthdata-cmr-api

Summary: Search collections
Operation ID: searchCollections
Auth: unknown
Description

Search for data collections across NASA's Earth science data holdings.

Parameters (9)

bounding_box (string, query, optional)

Spatial bounding box (min_lon,min_lat,max_lon,max_lat)

keyword (string, query, optional)

Free text search keyword

page_num (integer, query, optional, default: 1)

Page number

page_size (integer, query, optional, default: 10)

Number of results per page

point (string, query, optional)

Point location (lon,lat)

provider (string, query, optional)

Data provider (DAAC) short name

short_name (string, query, optional)

Collection short name

temporal (string, query, optional)

Temporal range (start_date,end_date)

version (string, query, optional)

Collection version

Examples (4)

TitleTypeURLAction
Search MODIS collections by keyword curl https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/collections?keyword=MODIS&page_size=10
Search collections by spatial bounding box over California curl https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/collections?bounding_box=-124.5,32.5,-114.0,42.0&has_granules=true
Search cloud-hosted collections from PODAAC provider curl https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/collections?provider=PODAAC&cloud_hosted=true&page_size=20
Search data collections openapi-spec https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/collections?keyword=modis&bounding_box=-180,-90,180,90&temporal=2020-01-01T00:00:00Z,2020-12-31T23:59:59Z

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:42:29.485301 200 264ms
2026-03-23 10:40:26.802766 200 250ms
2026-03-23 10:34:56.594924 200 403ms
2026-03-23 09:39:37.703650 200 219ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 10:34:56.594924 52bc0f1c90d3 cf7c9e511e9c
2026-03-23 10:40:26.802766 cf7c9e511e9c bf5f24225e34
2026-03-23 10:42:29.485301 bf5f24225e34 ab13c8c575a4