Planet Labs

aid: planet-labs
name: Planet Labs
description: >-
  Planet Labs operates the world's largest commercial Earth observation
  constellation, imaging the entire landmass of the planet daily with its
  PlanetScope satellites and capturing high-resolution targeted imagery with
  SkySat and Pelican. The Planet Insights Platform is API-first: developers
  search the archive through the Data and Catalog APIs, order processed
  bundles through the Orders API, set up standing area-of-interest deliveries
  through the Subscriptions API, request tip-and-cue collections through the
  Tasking API, and consume mosaics through the Basemaps and Tiles APIs.
  Analytics, Processing, Statistical, and Batch APIs run server-side workflows
  over the catalog and over Planetary Variables. All APIs sit under
  api.planet.com, authenticate with an API key over HTTP Basic, and are wrapped
  by the official Planet Python SDK.
type: Index
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Earth Observation
  - Satellite Imagery
  - Geospatial
  - PlanetScope
  - SkySat
  - Pelican
  - Tasking
  - Basemaps
  - Analytics
  - Subscriptions
  - STAC
  - GIS
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/planet-labs/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis:
  - aid: planet-labs:data
    name: Planet Data API
    description: >-
      Programmatic search over Planet's imagery catalog by AOI, time window,
      cloud cover, item type, and asset type. Returns item and asset metadata
      for downstream activation and download.
    humanURL: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/data/
    baseURL: https://api.planet.com/data/v1
    tags:
      - Search
      - Catalog
      - Imagery
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/data/
  - aid: planet-labs:catalog
    name: Planet Catalog API
    description: >-
      STAC-based search and access layer over Planet imagery metadata,
      providing a standards-aligned interface to the archive.
    humanURL: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/
    baseURL: https://api.planet.com
    tags:
      - STAC
      - Catalog
      - Metadata
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/
  - aid: planet-labs:orders
    name: Planet Orders API
    description: >-
      Request preparation and delivery of imagery bundles with optional
      processing operations (clip, composite, harmonize, reproject, band math,
      file format), and deliver to cloud destinations (S3, GCS, Azure) or
      direct download URLs.
    humanURL: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/orders/
    baseURL: https://api.planet.com/compute/ops
    tags:
      - Orders
      - Delivery
      - Processing
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/orders/
  - aid: planet-labs:subscriptions
    name: Planet Subscriptions API
    description: >-
      Standing subscriptions that deliver new imagery and analytic feeds to a
      cloud destination automatically as new acquisitions clear the AOI and
      cloud-cover filter.
    humanURL: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/subscriptions/
    baseURL: https://api.planet.com/subscriptions/v1
    tags:
      - Subscriptions
      - Streaming
      - Cloud Delivery
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/subscriptions/
  - aid: planet-labs:basemaps
    name: Planet Basemaps API
    description: >-
      Discover, view, and download Planet's PlanetScope monitoring and visual
      basemap mosaics covering the global landmass at regular cadence.
    humanURL: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/basemaps/
    baseURL: https://api.planet.com/basemaps/v1
    tags:
      - Basemaps
      - Mosaics
      - Imagery
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/basemaps/
  - aid: planet-labs:tasking
    name: Planet Tasking API
    description: >-
      Tasking interface for SkySat and Pelican constellations. Submit
      collection requests against a target geometry and time window and track
      capture and delivery status.
    humanURL: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/tasking/
    baseURL: https://api.planet.com/tasking/v2
    tags:
      - Tasking
      - SkySat
      - Pelican
      - Tip and Cue
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/tasking/
  - aid: planet-labs:analytics
    name: Planet Analytics API
    description: >-
      Access to Planet Analytics Feeds, including building, road, ship, and
      change detection outputs derived from the imagery archive.
    humanURL: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/analytics/
    baseURL: https://api.planet.com/analytics
    tags:
      - Analytics
      - Detection
      - Change
      - ML
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/analytics/
  - aid: planet-labs:processing
    name: Planet Processing API
    description: >-
      Run custom processing scripts on raw bands and derive indices (NDVI,
      EVI, etc.) over Planet imagery without downloading source data.
    humanURL: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/
    baseURL: https://api.planet.com
    tags:
      - Processing
      - Indices
      - NDVI
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/
  - aid: planet-labs:statistical
    name: Planet Statistical API
    description: >-
      Compute per-AOI statistics (mean, median, percentiles, histograms) over
      imagery and analytic layers without requiring full raster downloads.
    humanURL: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/
    baseURL: https://api.planet.com
    tags:
      - Statistics
      - Zonal Stats
      - Analytics
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/
  - aid: planet-labs:tiles
    name: Planet Tiles API
    description: >-
      XYZ and WMTS tile services for visualizing PlanetScope and SkySat scenes
      and basemaps in web mapping clients.
    humanURL: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/
    baseURL: https://tiles.planet.com
    tags:
      - Tiles
      - XYZ
      - WMTS
      - Visualization
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/
  - aid: planet-labs:features
    name: Planet Features API
    description: >-
      Save and manage Areas of Interest (features and feature collections) for
      reuse across Subscriptions, Orders, and Tasking.
    humanURL: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/
    baseURL: https://api.planet.com/features/v1
    tags:
      - Features
      - AOI
      - GeoJSON
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/
  - aid: planet-labs:python-sdk
    name: Planet Python SDK
    description: >-
      Official Python SDK (planet on PyPI) and CLI for working with all Planet
      APIs, including async clients for search, orders, subscriptions, and
      data activation.
    humanURL: https://github.com/planetlabs/planet-client-python
    baseURL: https://github.com/planetlabs/planet-client-python
    tags:
      - SDK
      - Python
      - CLI
    properties:
      - type: Repository
        url: https://github.com/planetlabs/planet-client-python
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.planet.com/
  - type: Developers
    url: https://www.planet.com/markets/developers/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.planet.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.planet.com/develop/apis/
  - type: InsightsPlatform
    url: https://www.planet.com/products/planet-insights-platform/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/planetlabs
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.planet.com/pulse/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.planet.com/pricing/
  - type: Status
    url: https://status.planet.com/
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/planet-labs/
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/planet
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]