# iNaturalist on Onekey

> 4 endpoints for iNaturalist (4 stable, 0 beta), 1 to 5 credits each. Category: Science & research. One key, one JSON shape.

Base URL: https://api.onekey.dev
Auth: header `x-api-key: <key>`. Call shape: `GET /v1/{platform}/{endpoint}?{params}`.
Every response is `{success, data, metadata, error}`; check `success` first. Cost is in `metadata.credits_charged`. Free when served from cache (0.2 credit for a cached response over 100 KB). Failed and not-found calls are refunded.
Status: stable = verified against the live source; beta = not yet verified, fields may be missing.

Page: https://onekey.dev/platforms/inaturalist
Reference (Markdown): https://onekey.dev/docs/api/inaturalist.md
All docs: https://onekey.dev/llms.txt

## Canonical fields returned

Unified-schema fields (same names on every platform), with how many of the 4 mapped iNaturalist endpoints return each:

- `entity.id` (string): 3
- `entity.name` (string): 3
- `entity.stats.rank` (integer): 2
- `entity.url` (URL): 2
- `media.thumbnailUrl` (URL): 2
- `author.username` (string): 1
- `content.createdAt` (ISO 8601 date): 1
- `content.id` (string): 1
- `content.title` (string): 1
- `content.url` (URL): 1
- `entity.type` (string): 1
- plus 4 platform-specific fields under `ext.`

## Endpoints

### inaturalist.observations

Recent iNaturalist observations of a taxon name.
- Price: 5 credits per fresh call. Status: stable. Returns: a list.
- Request: `GET https://api.onekey.dev/v1/inaturalist/observations?name=Danaus%20plexippus` with header `x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY`
- Parameters:
  - `name` (string, required): Taxon name
- Fields returned: `content.id`, `content.title`, `content.url`, `content.createdAt`, `author.username`, `ext.place`, `ext.quality`
- Reference: https://onekey.dev/docs/api/inaturalist/observations.md

### inaturalist.places

Autocomplete iNaturalist places.
- Price: 5 credits per fresh call. Status: stable. Returns: a list.
- Request: `GET https://api.onekey.dev/v1/inaturalist/places?q=yellowstone` with header `x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY`
- Parameters:
  - `q` (string, required): Search query
- Fields returned: `entity.id`, `entity.name`, `entity.type`
- Reference: https://onekey.dev/docs/api/inaturalist/places.md

### inaturalist.taxa_search

Search iNaturalist taxa (species).
- Price: 5 credits per fresh call. Status: stable. Returns: a list.
- Request: `GET https://api.onekey.dev/v1/inaturalist/taxa_search?q=monarch%20butterfly` with header `x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY`
- Parameters:
  - `q` (string, required): Search query
- Fields returned: `entity.id`, `entity.name`, `entity.stats.rank`, `media.thumbnailUrl`, `entity.url`, `ext.commonName`, `ext.observations`
- Reference: https://onekey.dev/docs/api/inaturalist/taxa_search.md

### inaturalist.taxon

iNaturalist taxon by id.
- Price: 1 credit per fresh call. Status: stable. Returns: one record.
- Request: `GET https://api.onekey.dev/v1/inaturalist/taxon?id=48662` with header `x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY`
- Parameters:
  - `id` (string, required): Taxon id
- Fields returned: `entity.id`, `entity.name`, `entity.stats.rank`, `media.thumbnailUrl`, `entity.url`, `ext.commonName`, `ext.observations`
- Reference: https://onekey.dev/docs/api/inaturalist/taxon.md

## Sample request

```bash
curl "https://api.onekey.dev/v1/inaturalist/taxon?id=48662" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```