iNaturalist Users API
Fetch and update
iNaturalist Users API is one of 21 APIs that iNaturalist publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Users. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and rate-limit docs.
This API exposes 9 operations across 7 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.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
iNaturalist Users API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (api_token).
Paths & Operations 9
Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 1 DELETE, 4 GET, 2 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Fetch and update
Schemas 1
The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is PostUserUpdateSession (11 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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