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andrewcarteruk/astronomy-picture-of-the-day
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A wrapper for the Astronomy Picture of the Day API provided by NASA.

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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day - API Wrapper
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[](#nasa-astronomy-picture-of-the-day---api-wrapper)

This package is used by [AstroSplash](http://astrosplash.com) to retrieve images from the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day API.

Check the [AstroSplash repository](https://github.com/AndrewCarterUK/AstroSplash) to see this API wrapper in use!

Check the [NASA API website](https://api.nasa.gov/api.html#apod) to see how to use their API directly.

Description
-----------

[](#description)

On its own, the NASA API does not provide thumbnails or return more than one result per request.

This wrapper provides a thin layer above the NASA API which includes these features. It does this by maintaining a store of thumbnails and JSON files in a public web root.

The methods that update, query and clear the store are documented with annotations in the `API.php` and `APIInterface.php` files in the `src` directory.

###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3852d ago

### Community

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