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iNaturalist Annotations API

Create, delete, and vote

iNaturalist Annotations API is one of 21 APIs that iNaturalist publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Annotations. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version 1.3.0.

Requests are made against the base URL https://api.inaturalist.org/v1.

4 operations 4 paths 2 schemas 2 DELETE2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 2.0
API Version
1.3.0
Base URL
https://api.inaturalist.org/v1
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

iNaturalist Annotations API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (api_token).

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 2 DELETE, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Annotations 4

Create, delete, and vote

POST
/annotations
Annotation Create
1 param → 200
DELETE
/annotations/{id}
Annotation Delete
1 param → 200
POST
/votes/vote/annotation/{id}
Annotation Vote
2 params → 200
DELETE
/votes/unvote/annotation/{id}
Annotation Unvote
1 param → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PostVote (1 property), PostAnnotation (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PostAnnotation
object
1 property
PostVote
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

inaturalist-annotations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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