By default nasa.gov emails get 100,000 transactions / 10-minute window which is more than enough for most ingest scripts. (most barely use 1000). There is not expiration on our MAP_KEY and the implementation is way simpler.
However, if it is more convenient to use EarthData token, then do contact them. I think that 2-month expiration period is horrible for anyone downloading data regularly, but I guess there was a reason why free public data has to have that level of protection.
Let me know if you need any help or additional instructions.
AC
walk through the examples above to get an understanding
Problem
We don't want to continue refreshing tokens with the existing ED downloads. FIRMS has an API we can use with non-expiring tokens
Solution (from Otmar's emails)
AC
"VIIRS_NOAA20_NRT" || "VIIRS_SNPP_NRT"
: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/area/