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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.

11 operations 8 paths 16 schemas 1 DELETE8 GET1 POST1 PUT

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 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.

Identifications 11

Create, update, and delete

GET
/identifications/{id}
Identification Details
1 param → 200
PUT
/identifications/{id}
Identification Update
2 params → 200
DELETE
/identifications/{id}
Identification Delete
1 param → 200
POST
/identifications
Identification Create
1 param → 200
GET
/identifications
Identification Search
38 params → 200
GET
/identifications/categories
Identification Categories
38 params → 200
GET
/identifications/species_counts
Identification Species Counts
40 params → 200default
GET
/identifications/identifiers
Identification Identifiers
38 params → 200default
GET
/identifications/observers
Identification Observers
38 params → 200default
GET
/identifications/recent_taxa
Identification Recent Taxa
38 params → 200
GET
/identifications/similar_species
Identification Similar Species
97 params → 200

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.

User
object
15 properties
TaxonConservationStatus
EstablishmentMeans
object
2 properties
CorePlace
object
3 properties
SpeciesCountsResponse
ShowTaxon
ConservationStatus
object
3 properties
PostIdentification
object
1 property
RawConservationStatus
object
6 properties
Error
object
2 properties
Photo
object
4 properties
CoreTaxon
object
8 properties
BaseResponse
object
3 properties
Color
object
2 properties
UserCountsResponse
TaxonPhoto

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

inaturalist-identifications-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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