iNaturalist

iNaturalist Observations API

CRUD, search, faving, quality metrics, stats, and more

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 24

GET /observations/{id} Observation Details #
PUT /observations/{id} Observation Update #
DELETE /observations/{id} Observation Delete #
POST /observations/{id}/fave Observations Fave #
DELETE /observations/{id}/unfave Observations Unfave #
POST /observations/{id}/review Observations Review #
DELETE /observations/{id}/review Observations Unreview #
GET /observations/{id}/subscriptions Observation Subscriptions #
POST /observations/{id}/quality/{metric} Quality Metric Set #
DELETE /observations/{id}/quality/{metric} Quality Metric Delete #
GET /observations/{id}/taxon_summary Observation Taxon Summary #
POST /subscriptions/observation/{id}/subscribe Observation Subscribe #
POST /votes/vote/observation/{id} Observation Vote #
DELETE /votes/unvote/observation/{id} Observation Unvote #
GET /observations Observation Search #
POST /observations Observation Create #
GET /observations/deleted Observations Deleted #
GET /observations/histogram Observation Histogram #
GET /observations/identifiers Observation Identifiers #
GET /observations/observers Observation Observers #
GET /observations/popular_field_values Observation Popular Field Values #
GET /observations/species_counts Observation Species Counts #
GET /observations/updates Observation User Updates #
PUT /observations/{id}/viewed_updates Observation Field Value Update #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/api+reference
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RateLimits
https://artifacts.apis.io/inaturalist/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/inaturalist/openapi/inaturalist-observations-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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PostmanCollection
https://www.postman.com/collections/inaturalist-api
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Plans
https://artifacts.apis.io/inaturalist/plans/plans.yml
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FinOps
https://artifacts.apis.io/inaturalist/finops/finops.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

inaturalist-observations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: iNaturalist Observations API
  description: '# https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/


    iNaturalist is a global community of

    naturalists, scientists, and members of the public sharing over a million

    wildlife sightings to teach one another about the natural world while

    creating high quality citizen science data for science and conservation.'
  version: 1.3.0
servers:
- url: /v1
tags:


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# Full source: https://artifacts.apis.io/inaturalist/openapi/inaturalist-observations-api-openapi.yml