iNaturalist Observations API
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iNaturalist Observations API is one of 21 APIs that iNaturalist publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Observations. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and rate-limit docs.
This API exposes 24 operations across 19 paths, and defines 40 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 Observations API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (api_token).
Paths & Operations 24
Across 19 paths, the API surfaces 24 operations — 5 DELETE, 11 GET, 6 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
CRUD, search, faving, quality metrics, stats, and more
Schemas 40
The contract defines 40 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Observation (74 properties), Identification (21 properties), User (15 properties), Comment (9 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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