iNaturalist Identifications API
Create, update, and delete
iNaturalist Identifications API is one of 21 APIs that iNaturalist publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Identifications. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and rate-limit docs.
This API exposes 11 operations across 8 paths, and defines 16 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.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
iNaturalist Identifications API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (api_token).
Paths & Operations 11
Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 1 DELETE, 8 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Create, update, and delete
Schemas 16
The contract defines 16 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are User (15 properties), CoreTaxon (8 properties), RawConservationStatus (6 properties), Photo (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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