Machine-to-Machine (M2M) API

USGS/EROS Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Application Programming Interface (API) is an alternative method of searching and acquiring data from the USGS/EROS data inventories. The M2M API provides the same options and functions as EarthExplorer (EE). The M2M API method includes:

• Discover data collections, search for imagery and request metadata, this API provides metadata access to all data sets that are also in EarthExplorer.
• Request and retrieve data download URLs that can be used with wget, cURL and other scriptable means.
• Utilizes RESTful JSON API for accessing more than 300 unique USGS/EROS datasets, providing a standardized interface across different metadata and data access capabilities.

All interaction with this service follows JSON specifications and uses the 'application/json' content type.