In addition to the web frontend, there is a queryable API frontend that you can use to perform validation.
It returns a JSON response that is identical to the data that's used to generate the HTML templates. PDF and HTML responses are also available.
POST (for local file uploads) requests can be used.
| Parameter | Details | Possible Values |
|---|---|---|
| ACDD | 'ACDD-version' tag must also be present. | must be set to 'on' |
| ACDD-version | ACDD tag must also be present. | 1.1, 1.3 |
| CF | must be set to 'on' | |
| CF-version | CF tag must also be present. | 1.6, 1.7 |
| GDS2 | 'GDS2-parameter' tag must also be present | "must be set to 'on' |
| GDS2-parameter | 'GDS2' tag must also be present | L2P, L3, L4 |
| file-upload | a valid netCDF file; maximum 5.00 GB | location of file |
| response | Specify html, json, or pdf result output. | html, json, pdf -- default is json. |
Note that you need to append an '@' to the beginning of the filename in the CURL request.
curl -L -F ACDD=on -F ACDD-version=1.3 -F file-upload=@granule.nc -F response=json https://mcc.podaac.earthdatacloud.nasa.gov/check
curl -L -F GDS2=on -F GDS2-parameter=L4 -F file-upload=@/home/user/granule.nc -F response=pdf https://mcc.podaac.earthdatacloud.nasa.gov/check