Endpoint Summary

Below is a list of iNaturalist API endpoints that have either been added or are likely be added in the future, along with their corresponding functions in pyinaturalist.

v1 API

For all available endpoints, see: http://api.inaturalist.org/v1/docs/

Method	Endpoint	Function
POST	/annotations
DELETE	/annotations/{id}
POST	/comments
DELETE	/comments/{id}
PUT	/comments/{id}
GET	/controlled_terms	get_controlled_terms()
GET	/controlled_terms/for_taxon	get_controlled_terms()
GET	/identifications	get_identifications()
GET	/identifications/{id}	get_identifications_by_id()
GET	/identifications/species_counts
GET	/identifications/identifiers
GET	/identifications/observers
GET	/identifications/similar_species
GET	/messages	get_messages()
GET	/messages/{id}	get_message_by_id()
GET	/messages/unread	get_unread_message_count()
DELETE	/observation_field_values/{id}	delete_observation_field()
PUT	/observation_field_values/{id}	set_observation_field()
POST	/observation_field_values	set_observation_field()
POST	/observation_photos	upload()
POST	/observation_sounds	upload()
DELETE	/observations/{id}	delete_observation()
GET	/observations/{id}	get_observations_by_id()
PUT	/observations/{id}	update_observation()
GET	/observations/{id}/taxon_summary	get_observation_taxon_summary()
GET	/observations	get_observations()
POST	/observations	create_observation()
GET	/observations/histogram	get_observation_histogram()
GET	/observations/identifiers	get_observation_identifiers()
GET	/observations/observers	get_observation_observers()
GET	/observations/popular_field_values	get_observation_popular_field_values()
GET	/observations/species_counts	get_observation_species_counts()
GET	/observations/taxonomy	get_observation_taxonomy()
GET	/places/{id}	get_places_by_id()
GET	/places/autocomplete	get_places_autocomplete()
GET	/places/nearby	get_places_nearby()
GET	/posts	get_posts()
GET	/projects	get_projects()
GET	/projects/{id}	get_projects_by_id()
PUT	/projects/{id}	update_project()
GET	/projects/{id}/members
GET	/projects/{id}/subscriptions
POST	/projects/{id}/add	add_project_observation()
DELETE	/projects/{id}/remove	delete_project_observation()
GET	/projects/autocomplete
GET	/search	search()
GET	/taxa	get_taxa()
GET	/taxa/{id}	get_taxa_by_id()
GET	/taxa/{id}/map_layers	get_taxa_map_layers()
GET	/taxa/autocomplete	get_taxa_autocomplete()
GET	/taxa/lifelist_metadata	get_life_list_metadata()
GET	/users/{id}	get_user_by_id()
GET	/users/{id}/projects
GET	/users/autocomplete	get_users_autocomplete()
GET	/users/me	get_current_user()

v0 API

For all available endpoints, see: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/api+reference

Method	Endpoint	Function
GET	/observations	get_observations()
POST	/observations	create_observation()
PUT	/observations/{id}	update_observation()
DELETE	/observations/{id}	delete_observation()
GET	/observation_fields	get_observation_fields()
PUT	/observation_field_values/{id}	put_observation_field_values()
POST	/observation_photos	upload_photos()
POST	/observation_sounds	upload_sounds()