# Add UUID to observations/export csv **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Tags:** web, implemented\ **Created:** [March 27, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/add-uuid-to-observations-export-csv/49921 "2024-03-27T20:10:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jwidness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jwidness](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jwidness)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/add-uuid-to-observations-export-csv/49921/1 "2024-03-27T20:10:49Z")
**Platform(s)**, such as mobile, website, API, other: website **URLs** (aka web addresses) of any pages, if relevant: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/export](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/export) [https://registry.opendata.aws/inaturalist-open-data/](https://registry.opendata.aws/inaturalist-open-data/) **Description of need** : As [previously discussed](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-licensed-observation-images-in-the-amazon-open-data-sponsorship-program/22085/4), csv downloads from iNaturalist identify individual observations by their ID, but downloads from the Amazon ODP identify observations by their UUID. This makes it difficult to join data gathered from both resources. **Feature request details** : > [@iNaturalist Licensed Observation Images in the Amazon Open Data Sponsorship Program](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-licensed-observation-images-in-the-amazon-open-data-sponsorship-program/22085/6): > > Ideally for us, we’d start using observation UUIDs everywhere right now and avoid auto-incrementing integer IDs entirely. Since this isn’t practical or possible to do all at once (we will be making this switch over time), of the two options I’d prefer to include observation UUIDs in the CSV exports. pleary already said he was open to including UUIDs in the csv exports, and since iNat would like to entirely switch to UUIDs eventually anyway, it seems reasonable to start including them now. ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/add-uuid-to-observations-export-csv/49921/2 "2024-04-23T19:31:50Z")
Made a Github issue here: [https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/4086](https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/4086) ---
**Author:** ![jwidness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jwidness](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jwidness)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/add-uuid-to-observations-export-csv/49921/3 "2025-09-15T14:43:24Z")
This was added [a while ago](https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/pull/4127/), so I’m going to close. ---
**Author:** ![jwidness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jwidness](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jwidness)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/add-uuid-to-observations-export-csv/49921/4 "2025-09-15T14:43:34Z")