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iNaturalist Posts API

Fetch site and project posts

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

Tagged areas include Posts. 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 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version 1.3.0.

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

5 operations 3 paths 1 schemas 1 DELETE2 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 Posts 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, 2 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Posts 5

Fetch site and project posts

GET
/posts
Posts Search
4 params → 200
POST
/posts
Post Create
1 param → 200
PUT
/posts/{id}
Post Update
2 params → 200
DELETE
/posts/{id}
Post Delete
1 param → 200
GET
/posts/for_user
Posts For User
3 params → 200

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is PostPost (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PostPost
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

inaturalist-posts-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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