In the new iNat API, observations are accessed by UUID instead of observation ID. So if you only know the observation ID, how do you get the UUID via the API (in order to retrieve the rest of the observation data)?

API v2 question: How do you get the UUID for an observation?

earthknight February 13, 2023, 6:07am 2

Not sure if this fully answers your question, but check this comment by @pisum:

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