Share via

NASA FIRMS (Independent Publisher) (Preview)

NASA FIRMS uses satellite observations from the MODIS and VIIRS instruments to detect active fires and thermal anomalies and deliver this information in near real-time to decision makers.

This connector is available in the following products and regions:

Service Class Regions
Copilot Studio Premium All Power Automate regions except the following:
     -   US Government (GCC)
     -   US Government (GCC High)
     -   China Cloud operated by 21Vianet
     -   US Department of Defense (DoD)
Logic Apps Standard All Logic Apps regions except the following:
     -   Azure Government regions
     -   Azure China regions
     -   US Department of Defense (DoD)
Power Apps Premium All Power Apps regions except the following:
     -   US Government (GCC)
     -   US Government (GCC High)
     -   China Cloud operated by 21Vianet
     -   US Department of Defense (DoD)
Power Automate Premium All Power Automate regions except the following:
     -   US Government (GCC)
     -   US Government (GCC High)
     -   China Cloud operated by 21Vianet
     -   US Department of Defense (DoD)
Contact
Name Fördős András
Email fordosa90+ipc_nasafirms@gmail.com
Connector Metadata
Publisher Fördős András
Website https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/
Privacy policy https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/
Categories Data

Creating a connection

The connector supports the following authentication types:
Default Parameters for creating connection. All regions Not shareable

Default

Applicable: All regions

Parameters for creating connection.

This is not shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, another user will be prompted to create new connection explicitly.

Name Type Description Required
MAP_KEY securestring The MAP_KEY for this api True

Throttling Limits

Name Calls Renewal Period
API calls per connection 100 60 seconds

Actions

Check MAP_KEY

Verify status of a MAP_KEY.
Get area

List fire detection hotspots based on area, date and sensor in CSV format.
Get country

List fire detection hotspots based on country, date and sensor in CSV format.
List countries

List of supported countries in CSV format.
List data sources

List sources and date availability of SP and NRT data in CSV format.

Check MAP_KEY

Operation ID:
CheckMapKey

Verify status of a MAP_KEY.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
MAP_KEY
 MAP_KEY True string

Unique MAP_KEY used to authenticate against NASA FIRMS.

Returns

Name Path Type Description
Transaction limit
 transaction_limit integer

Transaction limitation applied within given time period.
Current transactions
 current_transactions integer

Transactions performed within current time period.
Transaction interval
 transaction_interval string

Time period used to measure transaction limitations.

Get area

Operation ID:
GetArea

List fire detection hotspots based on area, date and sensor in CSV format.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Data source
 source True string

ID of the data source to be used, see 'List data sources' for potential values.
Area coordinates
 area_coord True string

Comma separated list of coordinates (west, south, east, north) indicating an area - ex. (South America): '-85,-57,-32,14'.
Day range
 day_range True integer

Number of days to query at one time.

Returns

Get country

Operation ID:
GetCountry

List fire detection hotspots based on country, date and sensor in CSV format.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Data source
 source True string

ID of the data source to be used, see 'List data sources' for potential values.
Country code
 country True string

3 letter code identifying a country (ex. 'ARG' for Argentina), see 'List countries' for available values.
Day range
 day_range True integer

Number of days to query at one time.

Returns

List countries

Operation ID:
ListCountries

List of supported countries in CSV format.

Returns

List data sources

Operation ID:
ListDataSources

List sources and date availability of SP and NRT data in CSV format.

Returns