I use a lot of images from iNaturalist, and in order to save time on the data entry, and ensure I never make an error on attribution or respecting the license, I have my server parse a single page from inaturalist, the photo page, such as this page: https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/598865021 I’m…

For info: iNaturalist is protected behind CloudFlare.

Yeah, I wouldn’t know what my server is doing that CloudFlare doesn’t like. I don’t see any evidence that the server has been compromised, and it makes very few outbound http requests at all, it doesn’t share an IP with any other business or users other than myself and the sites I run. It also work…

I haven’t set up the API yet. This is something I could do but I have limited time. I’m trying to run my websites while also being a stay-at-home parent. Any hoops that I have to jump through are necessarily going to take away from other work I am doing. I would prefer if this could be fixed some …

[image] Links to iNat obs. don't work anymore Is there anywhere where this bot check is announced or discussed? i don’t think this is the sort of thing that companies or organizations usually announce. it’s meant to deter unintended uses of the site like scraping, which is effectively what you…

The API is definitely the recommended way, but we will set up a temporary solution for the short term that supports your use case. @sylvainmorin will reach out to you for more details.

[image] cazort: This is something I could do but I have limited time. I’m trying to run my websites while also being a stay-at-home parent. Any hoops that I have to jump through are necessarily going to take away from other work I am doing. I’m a software developer. Updating a website codebas…

I’m not a normal software developer. I’m someone who maintains a website that is more extensive than ones maintained by whole teams of people, but doing it singlehandedly without being paid a living wage, because I care about the subject material. I do nearly everything myself: coding, server admin…

Thank you! I really appreciate it, it is working now. I would like to get using the API soon.

@wy_bio So now I’m trying to set up the iNaturalist API and it looks like the system does not allow you to “create an app” unless you first apply for privileges to create an app, but I don’t currently have this privilege. And when I try to do it, it says: “In order to submit an application your acc…

Can't access photo pages from bplant server: 403 Forbidden

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pisum March 30, 2026, 4:03pm 4

i don’t understand why you would need to parse this page rather than going through the API.

yes, the bot checks seem to have caused problems with a few things. ex.: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/social-media-previews-no-longer-work/77159/2

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Can't access photo pages from bplant server: 403 Forbidden

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