# FinBIF Laji API (Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/finbif-laji/  
**Provider:** University of Helsinki — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-helsinki/  
**Base URL:** https://api.laji.fi  
**Documentation:** https://laji.fi/en

FinBIF Laji API (Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility) is one of 26 APIs that [University of Helsinki](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-helsinki/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include Biodiversity, Research Infrastructure, Species, Open Data, and Occurrence Records. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, an API reference, API documentation, and 1 JSON Schema.

The largest contract the University of Helsinki operates: 177 paths and 239 component schemas over Finnish species, taxonomy, occurrence records, collections, image bank and data requests. Operated by Luomus, the Finnish Museum of Natural History, which is an institute of the University — the FinBIF privacy policy names "University of Helsinki, Finnish Museum of Natural History" (Business ID 0313471-7) as the registrar. It is also the only surface in the estate with a genuinely self-service credential: POST an email address to /api-user and an access token is mailed back, no institutional affiliation required.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-helsinki/refs/heads/main/openapi/university-of-helsinki-finbif-laji-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-helsinki/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-helsinki-finbif-laji-schemas.json
- **APIReference** — https://api.laji.fi/openapi
- **Documentation** — https://info.laji.fi/en/

## Other University of Helsinki APIs (12)

- [University of Helsinki API Portal (Gravitee)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/api-gateway/)
- [HY Organisation API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/hy-organisation/)
- [Contact Search API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/contact-search/)
- [Course pages CMS](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/course-pages-cms/)
- [Helsinki.fi content](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/helsinki-fi-content/)
- [HY Building API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/hy-building/)
- [ServiceAPI](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/serviceapi/)
- [EmployeeInformationAPI](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/employeeinformation/)
- [PersonGroup](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/persongroup/)
- [General Efecte API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/general-efecte/)
- [Network registry API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/network-registry/)
- [Sovellussalkku API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/sovellussalkku/)

## Tags

Biodiversity, Research Infrastructure, Species, Open Data, Occurrence Records, GBIF

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