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.