title: Proper formatting for NASA API request URL
body: <p><strong>EDIT</strong>: NASA data can be accessed via the SODA API (see <a href="https://data.nasa.gov/developer" rel="nofollow">https://data.nasa.gov/developer</a>), and the API referred to below seems to be deprecated.</p>
  
  <p>I'm trying to use the NASA API (<a href="http://nasa.github.io/api-docs/#introduction" rel="nofollow">http://nasa.github.io/api-docs/#introduction</a>) to pull information on NASA patents. The docs show what the JSON reponse should look like and list required parameters for the request, but I can't find any examples of a properly formed request URL. So far I have tried (with my API key):</p>
  
  <pre><code>https://api.nasa.gov/patents/optics?api_key=API_KEY
  
  https://api.nasa.gov/patents/optics.json?api_key=API_KEY
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I tested the API key out on an example GET request URL for a different data.gov agency and it returned a valid JSON response, but I've had no luck with the NASA requests.</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know the proper request format for NASA info from the data.gov API?</p>