aid: arlula
name: Arlula
description: Arlula is a satellite imagery marketplace and API platform providing programmatic access to archive and tasking
  satellite imagery from multiple providers. The Arlula API enables developers to search the global satellite archive, discover
  tasking opportunities, place imagery orders, and download delivered datasets including GeoTIFF imagery, preview images,
  and metadata files.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Earth Observation
- Geospatial
- Imagery
- Remote Sensing
- Satellites
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arlula/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-02-06'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: arlula:arlula-api
  name: Arlula API
  description: The Arlula API provides programmatic access to satellite imagery search, ordering, and delivery. It covers
    archive search for historical imagery, tasking for future satellite captures, and order management including campaign,
    dataset, and resource download operations. Authentication uses HTTP Basic with API Key and API Secret obtained from the
    Arlula dashboard.
  humanURL: https://arlula.com/documentation/
  baseURL: https://api.arlula.com
  tags:
  - Archive
  - Earth Observation
  - Imagery
  - Satellites
  - Tasking
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://arlula.com/documentation/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/arlula-openapi.yaml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/arlula-archive-scene-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/arlula-archive-search-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/arlula-tasking-opportunity-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/arlula-order-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/arlula-archive-scene-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/arlula-tasking-opportunity-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/arlula-order-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/arlula-api-context.jsonld
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/arlula-archive.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/arlula-connection.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/arlula-orders.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/arlula-tasking.yaml
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arlula
- type: Website
  url: https://arlula.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://arlula.com/documentation/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://arlula.com/documentation/
- type: Portal
  url: https://dashboard.arlula.com
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Arlula
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/arlula-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/arlula-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Archive Search
    description: Search a global satellite image archive from multiple providers using area-of-interest (polygon/bounding
      box) and temporal filters to find available historical scenes.
  - name: Satellite Tasking
    description: Commission future satellite captures by searching tasking opportunities and placing orders for specific areas
      of interest and time windows.
  - name: Multi-Provider Access
    description: Access imagery from multiple satellite providers through a single unified API, enabling price and resolution
      comparisons across providers.
  - name: Bundle Selection
    description: Choose from available product bundles (e.g., analytic, visual) when ordering scenes to match data requirements
      and budget.
  - name: Dataset Download
    description: Download delivered imagery resources including GeoTIFF files, preview images, and metadata through the Orders
      API after capture and processing.
  - name: Batch Ordering
    description: Place multiple archive or tasking orders in a single batch API request to efficiently process large-scale
      imagery acquisitions.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Agricultural Monitoring
    description: Search and order archive or tasking imagery to monitor crop health, irrigation patterns, and field conditions
      over growing seasons.
  - name: Environmental Change Detection
    description: Acquire multi-temporal satellite imagery to detect deforestation, coastal erosion, urban expansion, or disaster
      impact areas.
  - name: Infrastructure Inspection
    description: Order high-resolution imagery for remote inspection of pipelines, power lines, roads, and construction site
      progress monitoring.
  - name: Disaster Response
    description: Rapidly search and order post-event imagery to assess damage extent and support emergency response and recovery
      planning.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com