Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| annotations | array | |
| id | integer | |
| cached_votes_total | integer | |
| captive | boolean | |
| comments | array | |
| comments_count | integer | |
| created_at | string | |
| created_at_details | object | |
| created_time_zone | string | |
| description | string | |
| faves_count | integer | |
| geojson | object | |
| geoprivacy | string | |
| taxon_geoprivacy | string | |
| id_please | boolean | |
| identifications_count | integer | |
| identifications_most_agree | boolean | |
| identifications_most_disagree | boolean | |
| identifications_some_agree | boolean | |
| license_code | string | |
| location | string | in the format "lat,lng" |
| private_location | string | in the format "lat,lng" |
| mappable | boolean | |
| non_owner_ids | array | |
| num_identification_agreements | integer | |
| num_identification_disagreements | integer | |
| obscured | boolean | |
| observed_on | string | |
| observed_on_details | object | |
| observed_on_string | string | |
| observed_time_zone | string | |
| ofvs | array | |
| out_of_range | boolean | |
| photos | array | |
| place_guess | string | |
| private_place_guess | string | |
| place_ids | array | |
| private_place_ids | array | |
| positional_accuracy | integer | |
| private_geojson | object | |
| project_ids | array | |
| project_ids_with_curator_id | array | |
| project_ids_without_curator_id | array | |
| public_positional_accuracy | integer | |
| quality_grade | string | |
| reviewed_by | array | |
| site_id | integer | |
| sounds | array | |
| species_guess | string | |
| tags | array | |
| taxon | object | |
| time_observed_at | string | |
| time_zone_offset | string | |
| updated_at | string | |
| uri | string | |
| user | object | |
| uuid | string | |
| verifiable | boolean | |
| observation_photos | array | |
| quality_metrics | array | |
| flags | array | |
| community_taxon_id | integer | |
| faves | array | |
| identifications | array | |
| oauth_application_id | integer | |
| outlinks | array | |
| owners_identification_from_vision | boolean | |
| preferences | object | |
| project_observations | array | |
| spam | boolean | |
| votes | array | |
| identification_disagreements_count | integer | |
| ident_taxon_ids | array | |
| map_scale | integer |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"title": "Observation",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"annotations": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/Annotation"
}
},
"id": {
"type": "integer"
},
"cached_votes_total": {
"type": "integer"
},
"captive": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"comments": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/Comment"
}
},
"comments_count": {
"type": "integer"
},
"created_at": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time"
},
"created_at_details": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/DateDetails"
},
"created_time_zone": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"type": "string"
},
"faves_count": {
"type": "integer"
},
"geojson": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/PointGeoJson"
},
"geoprivacy": {
"type": "string"
},
"taxon_geoprivacy": {
"type": "string"
},
"id_please": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"identifications_count": {
"type": "integer"
},
"identifications_most_agree": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"identifications_most_disagree": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"identifications_some_agree": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"license_code": {
"type": "string"
},
"location": {
"type": "string",
"description": "in the format \"lat,lng\""
},
"private_location": {
"type": "string",
"description": "in the format \"lat,lng\""
},
"mappable": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"non_owner_ids": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/NonOwnerIdentification"
}
},
"num_identification_agreements": {
"type": "integer"
},
"num_identification_disagreements": {
"type": "integer"
},
"obscured": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"observed_on": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time"
},
"observed_on_details": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/DateDetails"
},
"observed_on_string": {
"type": "string"
},
"observed_time_zone": {
"type": "string"
},
"ofvs": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/FieldValue"
}
},
"out_of_range": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"photos": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/Photo"
}
},
"place_guess": {
"type": "string"
},
"private_place_guess": {
"type": "string"
},
"place_ids": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "integer"
}
},
"private_place_ids": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "integer"
}
},
"positional_accuracy": {
"type": "integer"
},
"private_geojson": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/PointGeoJson"
},
"project_ids": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "integer"
}
},
"project_ids_with_curator_id": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "integer"
}
},
"project_ids_without_curator_id": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "integer"
}
},
"public_positional_accuracy": {
"type": "integer"
},
"quality_grade": {
"type": "string"
},
"reviewed_by": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "integer"
}
},
"site_id": {
"type": "integer"
},
"sounds": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/Sound"
}
},
"species_guess": {
"type": "string"
},
"tags": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"taxon": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/ObservationTaxon"
},
"time_observed_at": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time"
},
"time_zone_offset": {
"type": "string"
},
"updated_at": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time"
},
"uri": {
"type": "string"
},
"user": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/User"
},
"uuid": {
"type": "string"
},
"verifiable": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"observation_photos": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/ObservationPhoto"
}
},
"quality_metrics": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/QualityMetric"
}
},
"flags": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/Flag"
}
},
"community_taxon_id": {
"type": "integer"
},
"faves": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/Fave"
}
},
"identifications": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/Identification"
}
},
"oauth_application_id": {
"type": "integer"
},
"outlinks": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/Outlink"
}
},
"owners_identification_from_vision": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"preferences": {
"type": "object"
},
"project_observations": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/ProjectObservation"
}
},
"spam": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"votes": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/Vote"
}
},
"identification_disagreements_count": {
"type": "integer"
},
"ident_taxon_ids": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "integer"
}
},
"map_scale": {
"type": "integer"
}
}
}
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