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iNaturalist Projects API

Search and fetch projects and members

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

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

This API exposes 11 operations across 11 paths, and defines 8 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 11 paths 8 schemas 2 DELETE6 GET3 POST

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 Projects API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (api_token).

Paths & Operations 11

Across 11 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 2 DELETE, 6 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Projects 11

Search and fetch projects and members

GET
/projects
Project Search
17 params → 200default
GET
/projects/{id}
Project Details
2 params → 200default
POST
/projects/{id}/join
Projects Join
1 param → 200
DELETE
/projects/{id}/leave
Projects Leave
1 param → 200
GET
/projects/{id}/members
Project Members
5 params → 200default
GET
/projects/{id}/membership
Membership of current user
1 param → 200
GET
/projects/{id}/subscriptionsdeprecated
Project Subscriptions
1 param → 200
POST
/projects/{id}/add
Project Add
2 params → 200
DELETE
/projects/{id}/remove
Project Add
2 params → 200
GET
/projects/autocomplete
Project Autocomplete
16 params → 200default
POST
/subscriptions/project/{id}/subscribe
Project Subscribe
1 param → 200

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are User (15 properties), ProjectMember (8 properties), Project (4 properties), BaseResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error
object
2 properties
Project
object
4 properties
PostProjectAdd
object
1 property
User
object
15 properties
ProjectsResponse
ProjectMembersResponse
ProjectMember
object
8 properties
BaseResponse
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

inaturalist-projects-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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