iNaturalist Messages API
Create, fetch, delete
iNaturalist Messages API is one of 21 APIs that iNaturalist publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Messages. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and rate-limit docs.
This API exposes 5 operations across 3 paths, and defines 6 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 Messages API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (api_token).
Paths & Operations 5
Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Create, fetch, delete
Schemas 6
The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are User (15 properties), Message (9 properties), BaseResponse (3 properties), Error (2 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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