🚀 NASA Astro Image Downloader

This project downloads the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) from NASA's public API.
You can enter a date and get the image, along with metadata.

⚙️ How to Use

1. 🐍 Run with Python

pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py 

Note: You'll be asked to enter a date in the format YYYY-MM-DD.

2. 🐳 Run with Docker

docker build -t nasa-astro-image .

docker run -it \
  -v "$(pwd)/images:/app/images" \
  -v "$(pwd)/data:/app/data" \
  nasa-astro-image

The -it flag enables interactive mode to prompt you for a date.

📦 Output

• Image saved in images/
• Metadata saved to data/metadata.csv

🗂 Project Structure

nasa-astro-image/
├── main.py 
├── requirements.txt 
├── Dockerfile 
├── docker-compose.yml 
├── .gitignore
├── .dockerignore
├── images/ 
├── metadata.csv 
|   └── metadata.csv  
└── README.md

📡 NASA APOD API

More info: https://api.nasa.gov