University of Helsinki

University of Helsinki Taxa API

The Taxa API from University of Helsinki — 12 operation(s) for taxa.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 20

GET /taxa/search Search taxons by name #

GET /taxa Get a page of taxa #

POST /taxa Get a page of taxa with filters #

GET /taxa/aggregate Get an aggregate of taxa #

POST /taxa/aggregate Get an aggregate of taxa with filters #

GET /taxa/species Get a page of species #

POST /taxa/species Get a page of species with filters #

GET /taxa/species/aggregate Get a species aggregate #

POST /taxa/species/aggregate Get a species aggregate with filters #

GET /taxa/{id} Get a taxon by id #

GET /taxa/{id}/children Get children of a taxon #

POST /taxa/{id}/children Get children of a taxon #

GET /taxa/{id}/parents Get parents of a taxon #

POST /taxa/{id}/parents Get parents of a taxon #

GET /taxa/{id}/species Get species and subspecies of a taxon #

POST /taxa/{id}/species Get species and subspecies of a taxon with filters #

GET /taxa/{id}/species/aggregate Get an aggregate of species and subspecies of a taxon #

POST /taxa/{id}/species/aggregate Get an aggregate of species and subspecies of a taxon with filters #

GET /taxa/{id}/descriptions Get description texts of a taxon #

GET /taxa/{id}/media Get media objects of a taxon #

Documentation

https://api.laji.fi/openapi

https://info.laji.fi/en/

Specifications

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-helsinki/refs/heads/main/openapi/university-of-helsinki-taxa-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Laji Taxa API
  description: '## Authentication


    This API requires an **Access Token**.'
  version: '1'
  contact: {}
servers:
- url: https://api.laji.fi
tags:


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