iNaturalist

iNaturalist API v1

The primary iNaturalist REST API (v1) providing read and write access to observations, taxa, identifications, places, projects, users, and other iNaturalist resources. Built on Node.js with Elasticsearch and backed by the iNaturalist PostgreSQL database.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Documentation

https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/api+reference

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/inaturalist/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml

Specifications

https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/docs/swagger.json

Other Resources

PostmanCollection

https://www.postman.com/collections/inaturalist-api

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/inaturalist/main/plans/plans.yml

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/inaturalist/main/finops/finops.yml

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/inaturalist/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

OpenAPI Specification