Examples for MODIS
To request data using any of the request below, you will need to replace the string <your access token>
with your Sentinel Hub access token. Sentinel Hub access token will look something like this:
ayJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.ayJzdWIiOiI0MmYwODZjCy1kMzI3LTRlOTMtYWMxNS00ODAwOGFiZjI0YjIiLCJhdWQiOiJlY2I1MGM1Zi1iMWM1LTQ3ZTgtYWE4NC0zZTU4NzJlM2I2MTEiLCJqdGkiOiI5MzYxMWE4ODEyNTM4Y2M0MmU0NDJjYjUyMTY0YmJlNyIsImV4cCI6MTU1NTQyMzk3MiwibmFtZSI6ImFuamEudnJlY2tvQHNpbmVyZ2lzZS5jb20iLCJlbWFpbCI6ImFuamEudnJlY2tvQHNpbmVyZ2lzZS5jb20iLCJzaWQiOiIzZjVjZDVkNS04MjRiLTQ3ZjYtODgwNy0wNDMyNWY4ODQxZmQifQ.U7FPOy_2jlEOFxXSjyN5KEdBROna3-Dyec0feShIbUOY1p9lEXdNaMmR5euiINi2RXDayX9Kr47CuSTsvq1zHFvZs1YgkFr1iH6kDuX-t_-wfWpqu5oPjoPVKZ4Rj0Ms_dxAUTQFTXR0rlbLuO-KSgnaeLVb5iiv_qY3Ctq2XKdIRcFRQLFziFcP4yZJl-NZMlwzsiiwjakcpYpI5jSYAdU2hpZLHRzceseeZt5YfZOe5Px1kZXro9Nd0L2GPC-qzOXw_V1saMGFa2ov8qV6Dvk92iv2SDDdGhOdII_JOf8XkK4E3g2z0EEFdWhG9F4Iky4ukNsqBPgE8LRb31s0hg
and can be obtained as described in the Authentication chapter.
A Postman collection with examples can be downloaded here. Our Postman collections are deprecated and are not being updated since July 2022.
True Color
curl -X POST \https://services-uswest2.sentinel-hub.com/api/v1/process \-H 'Authorization: Bearer <your access token>' \-F 'request={"input": {"bounds": {"properties": {"crs": "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84"},"bbox": [11.90105,41.446844,12.64972,41.999815]},"data": [{"type": "modis","dataFilter": {"timeRange": {"from": "2020-07-01T00:00:00Z","to": "2020-07-31T00:00:00Z"}}}]},"output": {"width": 512,"height": 512}}' \-F 'evalscript=//VERSION=3function setup() {return {input: ["B01", "B03", "B04"],output: {bands: 3,sampleType: "AUTO" // default value - scales the output values from [0,1] to [0,255].}}}function evaluatePixel(sample) {return [2.5 * sample.B01, 2.5 * sample.B04, 2.5 * sample.B03]}'
True Color, resolution (EPSG 32633)
curl -X POST \https://services-uswest2.sentinel-hub.com/api/v1/process \-H 'Authorization: Bearer <your access token>' \-F 'request={"input": {"bounds": {"properties": {"crs": "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/32633"},"bbox": [408553.58,5078145.48,466081.02,5126576.61]},"data": [{"type": "modis","dataFilter": {"timeRange": {"from": "2020-07-01T00:00:00Z","to": "2020-07-31T00:00:00Z"}}}]},"output": {"resx": 500,"resy": 500}}' \-F 'evalscript=//VERSION=3function setup() {return {input: ["B01", "B03", "B04"],output: {bands: 3}}}function evaluatePixel(sample) {return [2.5 * sample.B01, 2.5 * sample.B04, 2.5 * sample.B03]}'
True Color, multi-band GeoTIff
curl -X POST \https://services-uswest2.sentinel-hub.com/api/v1/process \-H 'Authorization: Bearer <your access token>' \-H 'Accept: image/tiff' \-F 'request={"input": {"bounds": {"properties": {"crs": "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84"},"bbox": [11.90105,41.446844,12.64972,41.999815]},"data": [{"type": "modis","dataFilter": {"timeRange": {"from": "2020-07-01T00:00:00Z","to": "2020-07-31T00:00:00Z"}}}]},"output": {"width": 512,"height": 512}}' \-F 'evalscript=//VERSION=3function setup() {return {input: ["B01", "B03", "B04"],output: {bands: 3,sampleType: "AUTO" // default value - scales the output values from [0,1] to [0,255].}}}function evaluatePixel(sample) {return [2.5 * sample.B01, 2.5 * sample.B04, 2.5 * sample.B03]}'
True Color, mosaicking with leastRecent
curl -X POST \https://services-uswest2.sentinel-hub.com/api/v1/process \-H 'Authorization: Bearer <your access token>' \-F 'request={"input": {"bounds": {"properties": {"crs": "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84"},"bbox": [11.90105,41.446844,12.64972,41.999815]},"data": [{"type": "modis","dataFilter": {"timeRange": {"from": "2020-07-01T00:00:00Z","to": "2020-07-31T00:00:00Z"},"mosaickingOrder": "leastRecent"}}]},"output": {"width": 512,"height": 512,"responses": [{"identifier": "default","format": {"type": "image/png"}}]}}' \-F 'evalscript=//VERSION=3function setup() {return {input: ["B01", "B03", "B04"],output: {bands: 3}}}function evaluatePixel(sample) {return [2.5 * sample.B01, 2.5 * sample.B04, 2.5 * sample.B03]}'
True color and metadata (multi-part response GeoTIFF and json)
curl -X POST \https://services-uswest2.sentinel-hub.com/api/v1/process \-H 'Authorization: Bearer <your access token>' \-H 'accept: application/tar' \-F 'request={"input": {"bounds": {"bbox": [11.90105,41.446844,12.64972,41.999815]},"data": [{"type": "modis","dataFilter": {"timeRange": {"from": "2020-07-01T00:00:00Z","to": "2020-07-31T00:00:00Z"}}}]},"output": {"width": 512,"height": 512,"responses": [{"identifier": "default","format": {"type": "image/tiff"}},{"identifier": "userdata","format": {"type": "application/json"}}]}}' \-F 'evalscript=//VERSION=3function setup() {return {input: ["B01", "B03", "B04"],mosaicking: Mosaicking.ORBIT,output: {id: "default",bands: 3}}}function updateOutputMetadata(scenes, inputMetadata, outputMetadata) {outputMetadata.userData = {"scenes": scenes.orbits}}function evaluatePixel(samples) {return [2.5 * samples[0].B01, 2.5 * samples[0].B04, 2.5 * samples[0].B03]}'
True color multi-part-reponse (different formats and SampleType)
curl -X POST \https://services-uswest2.sentinel-hub.com/api/v1/process \-H 'Authorization: Bearer <your access token>' \-H 'Accept: application/tar' \-F 'request={"input": {"bounds": {"properties": {"crs": "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84"},"bbox": [11.90105,41.446844,12.64972,41.999815]},"data": [{"type": "modis","dataFilter": {"timeRange": {"from": "2020-07-01T00:00:00Z","to": "2020-07-31T00:00:00Z"}}}]},"output": {"width": 512,"height": 512,"responses": [{"identifier": "true_color","format": {"type": "image/jpeg"}},{"identifier": "true_color_8bit","format": {"type": "image/png"}},{"identifier": "true_color_16bit","format": {"type": "image/tiff"}},{"identifier": "true_color_32float","format": {"type": "image/tiff"}}]}}' \-F 'evalscript=//VERSION=3function setup() {return {input: [{bands: ["B04", "B03", "B01"],units: "REFLECTANCE" // default units}],output: [{id: "true_color",bands: 3,sampleType: "AUTO" // default - scales the output values from input values [0,1] to [0,255].},{id: "true_color_8bit",bands: 3,sampleType: "UINT8"},{id: "true_color_16bit",bands: 3,sampleType: "UINT16" //floating point values are automatically rounded to the nearest integer by the service.},{id: "true_color_32float",bands: 3,sampleType: "FLOAT32"}]}}function evaluatePixel(sample) {return {// output band values are scaled from [0,1] to [0,255]. Multiply by 2.5 to increase brightnesstrue_color: [2.5 * sample.B01, 2.5 * sample.B04, 2.5 * sample.B03],// Multiply input reflectance values by 255 to stretch them to [0, 255] unsigned 8 bit range.true_color_8bit: [sample.B01 * 255, sample.B04 * 255, sample.B03 * 255],// Multiply input reflectance values by 65535 to stretch them to [0, 65535] unsigned 16 bit range.true_color_16bit: [sample.B01 * 65535, sample.B04 * 65535, sample.B03 * 65535],// Reflectance valuestrue_color_32float: [sample.B01, sample.B04, sample.B03],}}'
NDVI as jpeg image with bounds given as polygon
curl -X POST \https://services-uswest2.sentinel-hub.com/api/v1/process \-H 'Authorization: Bearer <your access token>' \-F 'request={"input": {"bounds": {"properties": {"crs": "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84"},"geometry": {"type": "Polygon","coordinates": [[[12.306089,41.756971],[12.470843,41.666757],[12.580678,41.703678],[12.64972,41.818408],[12.597154,41.957448],[12.495556,41.999815],[12.358261,41.999815],[12.284122,41.932933],[12.256663,41.863425],[12.306089,41.756971]]]}},"data": [{"type": "modis","dataFilter": {"timeRange": {"from": "2020-07-01T00:00:00Z","to": "2020-07-31T00:00:00Z"}}}]},"output": {"width": 512,"height": 512,"responses": [{"identifier": "default","format": {"type": "image/jpeg","quality": 80}}]}}' \-F 'evalscript=//VERSION=3function setup() {return {input: [{bands: ["B01", "B02"],}],output: {id: "default",bands: 3,}}}function evaluatePixel(sample) {let ndvi = (sample.B02 - sample.B01) / (sample.B02 + sample.B01)if (ndvi < -0.5) return [0.05, 0.05, 0.05]else if (ndvi < -0.2) return [0.75, 0.75, 0.75]else if (ndvi < -0.1) return [0.86, 0.86, 0.86]else if (ndvi < 0) return [0.92, 0.92, 0.92]else if (ndvi < 0.025) return [1, 0.98, 0.8]else if (ndvi < 0.05) return [0.93, 0.91, 0.71]else if (ndvi < 0.075) return [0.87, 0.85, 0.61]else if (ndvi < 0.1) return [0.8, 0.78, 0.51]else if (ndvi < 0.125) return [0.74, 0.72, 0.42]else if (ndvi < 0.15) return [0.69, 0.76, 0.38]else if (ndvi < 0.175) return [0.64, 0.8, 0.35]else if (ndvi < 0.2) return [0.57, 0.75, 0.32]else if (ndvi < 0.25) return [0.5, 0.7, 0.28]else if (ndvi < 0.3) return [0.44, 0.64, 0.25]else if (ndvi < 0.35) return [0.38, 0.59, 0.21]else if (ndvi < 0.4) return [0.31, 0.54, 0.18]else if (ndvi < 0.45) return [0.25, 0.49, 0.14]else if (ndvi < 0.5) return [0.19, 0.43, 0.11]else if (ndvi < 0.55) return [0.13, 0.38, 0.07]else if (ndvi < 0.6) return [0.06, 0.33, 0.04]else return [0, 0.27, 0]}'
Exact NDVI values using a floating point GeoTIFF
curl -X POST \https://services-uswest2.sentinel-hub.com/api/v1/process \-H 'Authorization: Bearer <your access token>' \-F 'request={"input": {"bounds": {"properties": {"crs": "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84"},"geometry": {"type": "Polygon","coordinates": [[[12.306089,41.756971],[12.470843,41.666757],[12.580678,41.703678],[12.64972,41.818408],[12.597154,41.957448],[12.495556,41.999815],[12.358261,41.999815],[12.284122,41.932933],[12.256663,41.863425],[12.306089,41.756971]]]}},"data": [{"type": "modis","dataFilter": {"timeRange": {"from": "2020-07-01T00:00:00Z","to": "2020-07-31T00:00:00Z"}}}]},"output": {"width": 512,"height": 512,"responses": [{"identifier": "default","format": {"type": "image/tiff"}}]}}' \-F 'evalscript=//VERSION=3function setup() {return {input: [{bands: ["B01", "B02"]}],output: {id: "default",bands: 1,sampleType: SampleType.FLOAT32}}}function evaluatePixel(sample) {let ndvi = (sample.B02 - sample.B01) / (sample.B02 + sample.B01)return [ndvi]}'
NDVI image and value (multi-part response png and GeoTIFF)
curl -X POST \https://services-uswest2.sentinel-hub.com/api/v1/process \-H 'Authorization: Bearer <your access token>' \-H 'Accept: application/tar' \-F 'request={"input": {"bounds": {"properties": {"crs": "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84"},"geometry": {"type": "Polygon","coordinates": [[[12.306089,41.756971],[12.470843,41.666757],[12.580678,41.703678],[12.64972,41.818408],[12.597154,41.957448],[12.495556,41.999815],[12.358261,41.999815],[12.284122,41.932933],[12.256663,41.863425],[12.306089,41.756971]]]}},"data": [{"type": "modis","dataFilter": {"timeRange": {"from": "2020-07-01T00:00:00Z","to": "2020-07-31T00:00:00Z"}}}]},"output": {"width": 512,"height": 512,"responses": [{"identifier": "ndvi_image","format": {"type": "image/png"}},{"identifier": "default","format": {"type": "image/tiff"}}]}}' \-F 'evalscript=//VERSION=3function setup( ){return{input: [{bands:["B01", "B02"],}],output: [{id: "default",bands: 1,sampleType: SampleType.FLOAT32},{id: "ndvi_image",bands: 3,sampleType: SampleType.AUTO}]}}function evaluatePixel(sample) {let ndvi = (sample.B02 - sample.B01) / (sample.B02 + sample.B01)if (ndvi<-0.5) image = [0.05,0.05,0.05]else if (ndvi<-0.2) image = [0.75,0.75,0.75]else if (ndvi<-0.1) image = [0.86,0.86,0.86]else if (ndvi<0) image = [0.92,0.92,0.92]else if (ndvi<0.025) image = [1,0.98,0.8]else if (ndvi<0.05) image = [0.93,0.91,0.71]else if (ndvi<0.075) image = [0.87,0.85,0.61]else if (ndvi<0.1) image = [0.8,0.78,0.51]else if (ndvi<0.125) image = [0.74,0.72,0.42]else if (ndvi<0.15) image = [0.69,0.76,0.38]else if (ndvi<0.175) image = [0.64,0.8,0.35]else if (ndvi<0.2) image = [0.57,0.75,0.32]else if (ndvi<0.25) image = [0.5,0.7,0.28]else if (ndvi<0.3) image = [0.44,0.64,0.25]else if (ndvi<0.35) image = [0.38,0.59,0.21]else if (ndvi<0.4) image = [0.31,0.54,0.18]else if (ndvi<0.45) image = [0.25,0.49,0.14]else if (ndvi<0.5) image = [0.19,0.43,0.11]else if (ndvi<0.55) image = [0.13,0.38,0.07]else if (ndvi<0.6) image = [0.06,0.33,0.04]else image = [0,0.27,0]return {default: [ ndvi ],ndvi_image: image}}'
All MODIS bands as GeoTIFF
curl -X POST \https://services-uswest2.sentinel-hub.com/api/v1/process \-H 'Authorization: Bearer <your access token>' \-F 'request={"input": {"bounds": {"properties": {"crs": "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84"},"geometry": {"type": "Polygon","coordinates": [[[12.306089,41.756971],[12.470843,41.666757],[12.580678,41.703678],[12.64972,41.818408],[12.597154,41.957448],[12.495556,41.999815],[12.358261,41.999815],[12.284122,41.932933],[12.256663,41.863425],[12.306089,41.756971]]]}},"data": [{"type": "modis","dataFilter": {"timeRange": {"from": "2020-07-01T00:00:00Z","to": "2020-07-31T00:00:00Z"}}}]},"output": {"width": 512,"height": 512,"responses": [{"identifier": "default","format": {"type": "image/tiff"}}]}}' \-F 'evalscript=//VERSION=3function setup() {return {input: [{bands: ["B01", "B02", "B03", "B04", "B05", "B06", "B07", "dataMask"]}],output: {id: "default",bands: 8,sampleType: SampleType.UINT16 //floating point values are automatically rounded to the nearest integer by the service.}}}function evaluatePixel(sample) {// Return reflectance multiplied by 10000 as integers to save processing units. To obtain reflectance values, simply divide the resulting pixel values by 10000.return [10000 * sample.B01, 10000 * sample.B02, 10000 * sample.B03, 10000 * sample.B04, 10000 * sample.B05, 10000 * sample.B06, 10000 * sample.B07, sample.dataMask]}'