Open Notify — ISS

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📸 Real response, captured by us

Not a mockup — this is what Open Notify — ISS actually returned when we verified it on 23 Oct 2026 (in 539 ms).

{
  "iss_position": {
    "latitude": "47.1355",
    "longitude": "-67.3869"
  },
  "message": "success",
  "timestamp": 1792742038
}

💻 Copy-paste code

Three ways to call Open Notify — ISS — pick your weapon.

// Open Notify — ISS — no build step, no library. Just fetch.
const res = await fetch("http://api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

# Open Notify — ISS with Python requests
import requests

r = requests.get("http://api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json")
print(r.status_code)
print(r.json())

# Open Notify — ISS from your terminal
curl "http://api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json"

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