# API for grabbing images for Computer Vision project

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/api-for-grabbing-images-for-computer-vision-project/6420>\
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**Created:** [September 10, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/api-for-grabbing-images-for-computer-vision-project/6420 "2019-09-10T17:11:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Star3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/star3/32/73028_2.png) [@Star3](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Star3)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/api-for-grabbing-images-for-computer-vision-project/6420/2 "2019-09-12T16:31:57Z")

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Here’s the API reference. It has some Get Observation calls:  
[https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/api+reference](https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/api+reference)

But there’s also this, which highlights the copyright issues and the lack of a GET request that will filter by license levels:  
[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/downloading-pictures-from-a-project/5754/4](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/downloading-pictures-from-a-project/5754/4)

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