# OBIS Marine Species Occurrence Scraper (`compute-edge/obis-marine-occurrences-scraper`) Actor Extract marine species occurrence records from OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System). Filter by scientific name, country, basis of record, and date range. Outputs taxonomy, geolocation, depth, and dataset attribution for 178M+ ocean observations. - **URL**: https://apify.com/compute-edge/obis-marine-occurrences-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Compute Edge](https://apify.com/compute-edge) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## OBIS Marine Species Occurrence Scraper Extract marine species occurrence records from **OBIS** (Ocean Biodiversity Information System) — a global, open-access dataset of 178 million+ ocean observations curated by an international research consortium under UNESCO. ### What it does Calls the OBIS v3 occurrence API and yields one normalized record per occurrence. Filter by scientific name, country, basis of record, and event date range. ### Output fields | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `scientificName` | Latin binomial (e.g. *Carcharodon carcharias*) | | `kingdom`/`phylum`/`class`/`order`/`family`/`genus`/`species` | Linnean taxonomy | | `eventDate` | When the organism was observed | | `decimalLatitude` / `decimalLongitude` | Sampling location | | `country` | ISO country (3-letter) | | `waterBody` | Ocean / sea name | | `depth` | Sampling depth in meters | | `basisOfRecord` | `HumanObservation`, `MachineObservation`, `PreservedSpecimen`, ... | | `individualCount` | Specimens observed | | `datasetName` | Source contributor | | `recordedBy` | Observer / collector | | `license` | Data license | ### Input All fields are optional — leave empty to sample the entire global dataset. ```json { "scientificName": "Carcharodon carcharias", "country": "USA", "basisOfRecord": "HumanObservation", "startDate": "2020-01-01", "endDate": "2024-12-31", "maxResults": 500 } ```` ### Pricing Pay-per-result at **$0.003/record**. Apify compute is billed separately by the platform. ### Legal OBIS data is published under open licenses (typically CC0 / CC-BY). Cite OBIS and the originating dataset when re-using. This Actor only fetches publicly-available data — no authentication is bypassed. # Actor input Schema ## `scientificName` (type: `string`): Filter by scientific name (e.g. 'Carcharodon carcharias', 'Larus fuscus'). Leave empty for all species. ## `country` (type: `string`): Filter by 3-letter ISO country code (e.g. 'USA', 'GBR', 'AUS'). Leave empty for global records. ## `basisOfRecord` (type: `string`): Filter by basis of record. Examples: 'HumanObservation', 'MachineObservation', 'PreservedSpecimen'. ## `startDate` (type: `string`): Earliest event date (YYYY-MM-DD). ## `endDate` (type: `string`): Latest event date (YYYY-MM-DD). ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of occurrence records to return. ## Actor input object example ```json { "scientificName": "", "country": "", "basisOfRecord": "", "startDate": "", "endDate": "", "maxResults": 200 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `dataset` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("compute-edge/obis-marine-occurrences-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("compute-edge/obis-marine-occurrences-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call compute-edge/obis-marine-occurrences-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=compute-edge/obis-marine-occurrences-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "OBIS Marine Species Occurrence Scraper", "description": "Extract marine species occurrence records from OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System). Filter by scientific name, country, basis of record, and date range. Outputs taxonomy, geolocation, depth, and dataset attribution for 178M+ ocean observations.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "LWHlcu3k444eORddQ" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/compute-edge~obis-marine-occurrences-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-compute-edge-obis-marine-occurrences-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/compute-edge~obis-marine-occurrences-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-compute-edge-obis-marine-occurrences-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/compute-edge~obis-marine-occurrences-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-compute-edge-obis-marine-occurrences-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "scientificName": { "title": "Scientific Name", "type": "string", "description": "Filter by scientific name (e.g. 'Carcharodon carcharias', 'Larus fuscus'). Leave empty for all species.", "default": "" }, "country": { "title": "Country (3-letter ISO)", "type": "string", "description": "Filter by 3-letter ISO country code (e.g. 'USA', 'GBR', 'AUS'). Leave empty for global records.", "default": "" }, "basisOfRecord": { "title": "Basis of Record", "type": "string", "description": "Filter by basis of record. Examples: 'HumanObservation', 'MachineObservation', 'PreservedSpecimen'.", "default": "" }, "startDate": { "title": "Start Date", "type": "string", "description": "Earliest event date (YYYY-MM-DD).", "default": "" }, "endDate": { "title": "End Date", "type": "string", "description": "Latest event date (YYYY-MM-DD).", "default": "" }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max Results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of occurrence records to return.", "default": 200 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```