# University of Helsinki Taxa API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/university-of-helsinki-taxa-api/  
**Provider:** University of Helsinki — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-helsinki/  
**Base URL:** https://api.helsinki.fi/portal/environments/DEFAULT  
**Documentation:** https://api.helsinki.fi/portal/

University of Helsinki Taxa API is one of 93 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 11 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Taxa. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, an API reference, API documentation, and 11 JSON Schemas.

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

## Operations (20)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |

## Machine-readable artifacts (15)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-helsinki/refs/heads/main/openapi/university-of-helsinki-taxa-api-openapi.yml
- **DeveloperPortal** — https://api.helsinki.fi/portal/
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-helsinki/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-helsinki-hy-organisation-api-schemas.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-helsinki/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-helsinki-contact-search-api-schemas.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-helsinki/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-helsinki-course-pages-cms-schemas.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-helsinki/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-helsinki-helsinki-fi-content-schemas.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-helsinki/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-helsinki-hy-building-api-schemas.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-helsinki/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-helsinki-serviceapi-schemas.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-helsinki/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-helsinki-employeeinformationapi-schemas.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-helsinki/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-helsinki-persongroup-schemas.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-helsinki/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-helsinki-general-efecte-api-schemas.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-helsinki/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-helsinki-network-registry-api-schemas.json
- **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/)
- [Dependency Track](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/dependency-track/)
- [Flamma Liferay Headless API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/flamma-liferay-headless/)
- [Internal Guide CMS JSON-API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/internal-guide-cms/)
- [Helda DSpace REST API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/helda-rest/)
- [Helda OAI-PMH Metadata Interface](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/helda-oai/)
- [HY Data Catalogue DSpace REST API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/datakatalogi-rest/)
- [HY Data Catalogue OAI-PMH Interface](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/datakatalogi-oai/)
- [Editori (journals.helsinki.fi) OAI-PMH Interface](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/editori-oai/)
- [HY Login Service — Shibboleth IdP + OpenID Connect](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/identity-provider/)
- [Sisu (Kori) Student Information System — University of Helsinki tenant](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/sisu-kori/)
- [University of Helsinki Research Portal — Elsevier Pure tenant](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-helsinki/research-portal/)

## Tags

Taxa

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