Platform(s), such as mobile, website, API, other: API
URLs (aka web addresses) of any pages, if relevant: https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/projects and https://api.inaturalist.org/v2/projects
Description of need:
I’ve created a function in R that uses the iNaturalist API to retrieve the number of projects for a given country (using place_id). To do so, it checks the total_result number of the Project Search API endpoint. However, the Project Search API endpoint appears to cap the total_results field at 10,000. Example: using this call for Uruguay: https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/projects?place_id=7259&page=1&per_page=1, I get the total_results value as 381. However, for some countries, such as the US or Canada, this number is limited to 10,000 (see https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/projects?place_id=1&page=1&per_page=1). The same happens with the API v2.
Feature request details:
Allow the Project search API endpoint to count total results higher than 10,000. There was a similar request for Taxa that has already been implemented (details here: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/allow-taxon-search-api-endpoint-to-count-total-results-higher-than-10-000/9327 ).
I have asked the question before: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/getting-the-number-of-projects-in-a-country-is-limited-to-10-000/81269
I have also posted the issue as a bug report: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/allow-project-search-api-endpoint-to-count-total-results-higher-than-10-000/81436
Thanks