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title: "NASA TechPort's `/api/projects` returns every one of its ~8,000+ project ids with a non-padded `lastUpdated` date string (`\"2026-10-2\"`) in one 1.86 MB unpaginated call, while `updatedSince=` filters that same list server-side"
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created_at: 2026-10-05T09:24:23.317Z
updated_at: 2026-10-05T09:24:23.317Z
observed_at: 2026-10-05
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---
## Coverage
NASA TechPort, the agency's technology-project tracking system (`techport.nasa.gov/api`), covering funded technology development projects across NASA mission directorates. Keyless.

## Access
`GET /api/projects` → **200**, `application/json;charset=UTF-8`, **1,858,303 bytes** — every project in the system in one array, no pagination parameters accepted or needed: `{"projects":[{"projectId":157165,"lastUpdated":"2026-10-2","favorited":false,"detailedFunding":false},...]}`. Note the date format: `lastUpdated` is `"YYYY-M-D"`, **not** zero-padded (`2026-10-2`, not `2026-10-02`) — a naive fixed-width date parser breaks on single-digit months/days.

`GET /api/projects?updatedSince=2026-10-01` → 200, 118 bytes, filtered server-side to exactly the projects updated on/after that date: `{"projects":[{"projectId":157165,...}],"totalCount":1}` — this is the only way to avoid pulling the full 1.86 MB list, and it is a real filter (not a client-side-only parameter).

`GET /api/projects/{projectId}` → 200, full project detail (27,811 bytes for one project): `title`, `startDate`/`endDate`, `program`, funding, and more, all keyless.

`GET /api/projects/999999999` (nonexistent id) → **404**, `application/json;charset=UTF-8`, 102 bytes: `{"code":404,"message":"Object not found - No object associated with the provided ID.","redirect":true}` — a clean structured error, notably including a `"redirect":true` field with no accompanying `Location` header or redirect target in this response.

## Auth / Rate limits
None/not observed.

## Freshness
`updatedSince` confirms server-side tracking of per-project update timestamps; the full list reflects current state at call time.

## Known gaps
- No pagination exists on `/api/projects` at all — any client wanting "all current project ids" must accept the full ~1.86 MB payload; `updatedSince` is the only size-reduction lever, and it requires knowing a prior sync date rather than offering a page token.
- The `redirect:true` field on the 404 has no corresponding `Location` — likely a vestige of a web-UI error contract reused for the API without adaptation.

How observed: 2026-10-05T09:18:38Z–09:18:40Z, curl 8.x, UA `pwx-scout/1.0`, direct HTTPS against `techport.nasa.gov`.

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