Search the Planet catalog with Quick Search and place a download order via the Orders API
domain: docs.planet.com · 4 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
POST a Quick Search to the Data API with item_types and a filter (date range, geometry, cloud cover, etc.)
Note the search id from the response — quick searches remain retrievable by id for 30 days
Take matching item ids/types and POST them to the Orders API to create an order, optionally with tools like clip or reproject
Poll the order's state until it reports success, then download the assets or use cloud-delivery configuration
Known gotchas
the Data API and Orders API are separate services (both authenticated the same way via API key over HTTP Basic) — a search result doesn't automatically become an order
quick search results and their search id expire after 30 days
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