iNaturalist

name: iNaturalist
description: 'iNaturalist is a nature observation platform and citizen science network that connects people to nature through
  biodiversity observation and identification. The iNaturalist API provides programmatic access to over 200 million wildlife
  observations, species identifications, taxon data, and biodiversity records contributed by citizen scientists worldwide.
  The API supports reading and writing observations, taxa lookups, identifications, places, projects, and user data across
  v0, v1, and v2 endpoints.

  '
image: https://static.inaturalist.org/sites/1-logo.svg
tags:
- Biodiversity
- Nature
- Citizen Science
- Wildlife
- Observations
- Taxa
- Ecology
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/inaturalist/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- name: iNaturalist API v1
  description: '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.

    '
  image: https://static.inaturalist.org/sites/1-logo.svg
  humanURL: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/api+reference
  baseURL: https://api.inaturalist.org/v1
  tags:
  - Observations
  - Taxa
  - Identifications
  - Places
  - Projects
  - Users
  - Biodiversity
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/api+reference
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/docs/swagger.json
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://www.postman.com/collections/inaturalist-api
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/inaturalist/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/inaturalist/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/inaturalist/main/finops/finops.yml
  contact:
  - FN: iNaturalist Help
    url: https://help.inaturalist.org
    email: help@inaturalist.org
- name: iNaturalist API v2
  description: 'The next-generation iNaturalist API (v2) currently in development, designed to eventually replace v0 and v1
    endpoints. Provides access to observation data with improved performance and response formats.

    '
  image: https://static.inaturalist.org/sites/1-logo.svg
  humanURL: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/api+reference
  baseURL: https://api.inaturalist.org/v2
  tags:
  - Observations
  - Biodiversity
  - Beta
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/api+reference
  contact:
  - FN: iNaturalist Help
    url: https://help.inaturalist.org
    email: help@inaturalist.org
common:
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/developers
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/api+reference
- type: Forums
  url: https://forum.inaturalist.org
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/inaturalist
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.inaturalist.org/blog
- type: Help
  url: https://help.inaturalist.org
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/privacy
- type: RecommendedPractices
  url: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/api+recommended+practices
- type: Login
  url: https://www.inaturalist.org/login
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.inaturalist.org/signup
- type: OAuthApplications
  url: https://www.inaturalist.org/oauth/applications/new
- type: Status
  url: https://status.inaturalist.org
maintainers:
- FN: API Evangelist
  url: https://apievangelist.com
  email: info@apievangelist.com