iNaturalist Observations Scraper
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iNaturalist Observations Scraper
Export public iNaturalist observations by taxon, place, project, date, bounding box, or radius for research, GIS, and reports.
iNaturalist Observations Scraper
Pricing
Pay per event
Export public iNaturalist observations by taxon, place, project, date, bounding box, or radius for research, GIS, and reports.
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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")6
7# Prepare the Actor input8run_input = {9 "maxItems": 20,10 "searchQuery": "monarch butterfly",11 "taxonId": 48662,12 "placeId": 1,13 "qualityGrade": "research",14 "dateFrom": "2024-01-01",15 "includePhotos": True,16 "sort": "observed_on",17 "order": "desc",18}19
20# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish21run = client.actor("automation-lab/inaturalist-observations-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)22
23# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)24print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])25for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():26 print(item)27
28# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startThe Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use iNaturalist Observations Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$pip install apify-clientOther API clients include: