These guides are designed for users who want to learn how to programmatically access Planet's data archive. With just a few lines of Python, you can interact with Planet's Data API to quick-search types of imagery, create filters based on target parameters, and activate and downland images and metadata. If you'd like to start with a visual exploration of Planet data over time, visit Planet Explorer, and then circle back to these API-based guides.
The first notebook uses the Python requests library and a few lines of helper code to explore the full functionality of the Data API. The second guide uses Planet's Python command-line interface to quickly step through a common workflow of searching, activating, and downloading imagery.
- Introduction to the Planet Data API using Python
- Introduction to the Planet Python Client
- Quickstart Guide: Search & Preview Imagery on a Map
- Quickstart Guide: Search & Download Imagery
Planeteer Benjamin Trigona-Harany originally wrote these tutorials for Planet's developer partners. Orestis Herodotou modified them for Planet's Impact Partner program.