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iNaturalist Observation Photos API

Create and delete

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

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

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version 1.3.0.

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

3 operations 2 paths 0 schemas 1 DELETE1 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 Observation Photos API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (api_token).

Paths & Operations 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Observation Photos 3

Create and delete

PUT
/observation_photos/{id}
Observation Photo Update
3 params → 200
DELETE
/observation_photos/{id}
Observation Photo Delete
1 param → 200
POST
/observation_photos
Observation Photo Create
3 params → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

inaturalist-observation-photos-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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