Harvesting Data from the NASA STI Repository
The STI Repository promotes the dissemination of NASA STI to the widest audience possible by allowing information to be harvested. In support of these objectives, the upgraded repository has an OpenAPI to provide greater access to publicly available data and further flexibility for dissemination of NASA research results. The OpenAPI is the recommended mechanism for access to NASA’s public collection of STI, and is available along with the following API documentation and guidance:
API Documentation
Bulk Records Download
The STI Program offers a bulk download file, which is delivered in ndjson format and consist of publicly available STI by year of publication, named according to the convention: “ntrs-public-metadata-{year of records}.ndjson”. Each line in {file}.ndjson is itself the full json for a single STI record. This aims to streamline the bulk download process so that the entire publicly available repository may be downloaded from one file.
STI Repository Sitemap
The STI Repository sitemap is an index of sitemap files that provides information from the repository in XML format. These files describe the repository content so that search engine crawlers and bots can capture and process the information they contain.
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/sitemap.xml launch
Terms of Use
If you harvest from our database, please cite the NASA STI Program as the source of data. Sites interested in harvesting from NTRS should review the following guidance before harvesting:
Use of Government Information
The NASA STI Repository (NTRS) OpenAPI serves out unlimited, unclassified, publicly available NASA citations and full-text documents (PDFs). Persons, organizations, and sites interested in obtaining NASA information should review Disclaimers, Copyright Notice, Terms and Conditions of Use for guidance.
Thank you for your patience as we work diligently to support access and dissemination of NASA data.
Contact Us
If you are interested in harvesting from the repository and you have any comments or questions about the process, please contact the STI Information Desk for assistance.