You can access the iNaturalist Observations Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "maxItems": 20,
12    "searchQuery": "monarch butterfly",
13    "taxonId": 48662,
14    "placeId": 1,
15    "qualityGrade": "research",
16    "dateFrom": "2024-01-01",
17    "includePhotos": true,
18    "sort": "observed_on",
19    "order": "desc"
20};
21
22// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
23const run = await client.actor("automation-lab/inaturalist-observations-scraper").call(input);
24
25// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
26console.log('Results from dataset');
27console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
28const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
29items.forEach((item) => {
30    console.dir(item);
31});
32
33// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

iNaturalist Observations Scraper for Biodiversity Data API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use iNaturalist Observations Scraper API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

Other API clients include:

iNaturalist Observations Scraper API in Python

iNaturalist Observations Scraper API through CLI

iNaturalist Observations Scraper OpenAPI definition

iNaturalist Observations Scraper API

iNaturalist Species Observations Scraper

chrisp1211/inaturalist-scraper-max

iNaturalist Species Observations Scraper. No API key required. Pay only per result; empty or failed runs cost nothing.

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Inaturalist Scraper

fortuitous_pirate/inaturalist-scraper

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iNaturalist Observations Scraper - Biodiversity Data

benthepythondev/inaturalist-observations-scraper

Scrape iNaturalist observation records: species, locations, dates, quality grade, photos and observer metadata.

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iNaturalist Scraper — Observations, Taxa & Species

logiover/inaturalist-scraper

Scrape iNaturalist by taxon name, place, or keyword. Extract species, location, photo, observer, quality grade, and taxonomy for biodiversity research, conservation, and wildlife monitoring. No API key, no login.

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iNaturalist Observations Scraper

parseforge/inaturalist-observations-scraper

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ParseForge

iNaturalist Scraper

parseforge/inaturalist-scraper

Scrape wildlife observations from iNaturalist. Get species identifications, photos, GPS coordinates, observer info, and quality grades for millions of sightings worldwide. Filter by taxon name, location, date range, quality grade, and photo availability. Ideal for biodiversity research.

ParseForge

Inaturalist Places Scraper

benthepythondev/inaturalist-places-scraper

Collect iNaturalist places records and export id, name, type, bounding box geojson type, slug, uuid as structured JSON, CSV or Excel data.

Ben

iNaturalist Scraper - Nature Observations & Species Data

lulzasaur/inaturalist-scraper

Scrape nature observations from iNaturalist. Search species, filter by quality grade and location. Get photos, GPS coordinates, identifications, and observer data from citizen science records.

lulz bot

iNaturalist Species & Observations Scraper

crawlerbros/inaturalist-species-observations

Scrape iNaturalist - the world's largest nature observation platform with 200M+ wildlife sightings. Search observations by species name, browse taxa, filter by location and date, find common species in a region. Completely free, no API key required.