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GET /v1/collections/{collectionId}

Returns one collection by canonical id or alias.

Method and path GET /v1/collections/{collectionId}
Key not needed
Response application/json, a STAC Collection
Lean OpenAPI getCollection
Full contract getCollection
Name Meaning
collectionId sentinel-2-l2a or landsat-ot-l2, or any schema v1 alias without a slash, such as S2L2A, sentinel-2-c1-l2a, landsat-c2-l2 or LOTL2 (case-insensitive)

An alias answers 200 with the canonical document and a Content-Location header pointing at the canonical URL.

Terminal window
curl -s -i https://api.satellitedata.net/v1/collections/sentinel-2-c1-l2a

A STAC collection with the eo and raster extensions, plus members from schema v1 under the sdn: prefix, such as:

Member Meaning
sdn:aliases ids that also name this collection
sdn:attribution the credit line to show with any output, with {years} to fill in

extent is the collection’s spatial and temporal extent. The band table follows schema v1; see Bands and the crosswalk.

Status Code When
404 unknown-collection the id is not a collection or alias
500 internal