Python client for the iNaturalist APIs
Project description
Python client for the iNaturalist APIs.
Status
Work in progress: features are implemented one by one, as time allows and as the authors needs them.
That being said, many things are already possible (searching observations, creating a new observation, …) and contributions are welcome!
Python 3 only.
Examples
Search all observations matching a criteria:
from pyinaturalist.node_api import get_all_observations
obs = get_all_observations(params={'user_id': 'niconoe'})see available parameters.
For authenticated API calls, you first need to obtain a token for the user:
from pyinaturalist.rest_api import get_access_token
token = get_access_token(username='<your_inaturalist_username>', password='<your_inaturalist_password>',
app_id='<your_inaturalist_app_id>',
app_secret=<your_inaturalist_app_secret>)Note: you’ll need to create an iNaturalist app.
Create a new observation:
from pyinaturalist.rest_api import create_observations
params = {'observation':
{'taxon_id': 54327, # Vespa Crabro
'observed_on_string': datetime.datetime.now().isoformat(),
'time_zone': 'Brussels',
'description': 'This is a free text comment for the observation',
'tag_list': 'wasp, Belgium',
'latitude': 50.647143,
'longitude': 4.360216,
'positional_accuracy': 50, # meters,
# sets vespawatch_id (an observation field whose ID is 9613) to the value '100'.
'observation_field_values_attributes':
[{'observation_field_id': 9613,'value': 100}],
},
}
r = create_observations(params=params, access_token=token)
new_observation_id = r[0]['id']Upload a picture for this observation:
from pyinaturalist.rest_api import add_photo_to_observation
r = add_photo_to_observation(observation_id=new_observation_id,
file_object=open('/Users/nicolasnoe/vespa.jpg', 'rb'),
access_token=token)Update an existing observation of yours:
from pyinaturalist.rest_api import update_observation
p = {'ignore_photos': 1, # Otherwise existing pictures will be deleted
'observation': {'description': 'updated description !'}}
r = update_observation(observation_id=17932425, params=p, access_token=token)Get a list of all (globally available) observation fields:
from pyinaturalist.rest_api import get_all_observation_fields
r = get_all_observation_fields(search_query="DNA")Sets an observation field value to an existing observation:
from pyinaturalist.rest_api import put_observation_field_values
put_observation_field_values(observation_id=7345179,
observation_field_id=9613,
value=250,
access_token=token)History
0.9.0 (2020-05-06)
new taxa-related functions: node_api.get_taxa(), node_api.get_taxa_autocomplete(), node_api.get_taxa_by_id(). Many thanks to Jordan Cook!
0.8.0 (2019-07-11)
all functions now take an optional user-agent parameter in order to identify yourself to iNaturalist. If not set, Pyinaturalist/<VERSION> will be used.
0.7.0 (2019-05-08)
rest_api.delete_observation() now raises ObservationNotFound if the observation doesn’t exists
minor dependencies update for security reasons
0.6.0 (2018-11-15)
New function: rest_api.delete_observation()
0.5.0 (2018-11-05)
New function: node_api.get_observation()
0.4.0 (2018-11-05)
create_observation() now raises exceptions in case of errors.
0.3.0 (2018-11-05)
update_observation() now raises exceptions in case of errors.
0.2.0 (2018-10-31)
Better infrastructure (type annotations, documentation, …)
Dropped support for Python 2.
New function: update_observation()
rest_api.AuthenticationError is now exceptions.AuthenticationError
0.1.0 (2018-10-10)
First release on PyPI.
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