GET granules

nasa.gov:nasa-earthdata-cmr-api

Summary: Search granules
Operation ID: searchGranules
Auth: unknown
Description

Search for data granules (individual files) within a collection.

Parameters (8)

bounding_box (string, query, optional)

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

collection_concept_id (string, query, optional)

Collection concept ID to search within

granule_ur (string, query, optional)

Granule unique identifier

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)

polygon (string, query, optional)

Polygon coordinates

temporal (string, query, optional)

Temporal range (start_date,end_date)

Examples (4)

TitleTypeURLAction
Search granules by spatial bounding box curl https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?bounding_box=-122.5,37.5,-122.0,38.0&page_size=5
Search granules by temporal range and cloud cover curl https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?temporal=2023-06-01T00:00:00Z,2023-06-30T23:59:59Z&cloud_cover=0,20&page_size=10
Search granules by collection concept ID with platform filter curl https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?collection_concept_id=C1443528505-LAADS&platform=MODIS&page_size=5
Search data granules openapi-spec https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?bounding_box=-180,-90,180,90

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:52:10.619526 200 227ms
2026-03-23 10:23:26.214289 400 187ms
2026-03-23 09:49:41.902304 403 86ms
2026-03-23 09:05:03.284395 403 77ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 09:49:41.902304 f071e7df2c96 c81ebf97b9df
2026-03-23 10:23:26.214289 c81ebf97b9df 1895029158f8
2026-03-23 10:52:10.619526 1895029158f8 e852cfbf6f70