Can't register as App owner api authentication

Hi there,

I’m new here and working on an application where I’d love to use the iNaturalist API.

I tried registering an app via: https://www.inaturalist.org/oauth/applications.
According to the requirements, I should:

  • Have an account at least 2 months old :white_check_mark:

  • Have made at least 10 observation improvements in the last month :white_check_mark: (my identifications)

Both conditions seem to be met, but I’m still unable to apply for app registration.

Does anyone know why this might be happening or how I can fix it?

Thanks in advance!

That’s not the text, the text is “10 improving identifications” (emphasis mine). “Improving” is defined here: https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000170241

I see mostly Leading and Supporting IDs when I go to https://www.inaturalist.org/identifications/paddenstoelenman You can check the gray box for each ID to see what it’s labeled as.

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would identifying my own observations count, or must I identify other users’ observations?

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The 10 improving IDs have to be on others’ observations, not your own.

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It’s pretty easy to just add some basic IDs to “uknown” observations and once those get confirmed they count as “improving”.

Sweet! Maybe we can add the link https://www.inaturalist.org/identifications/user_id to the https://www.inaturalist.org/oauth/app_owner_application application page, so it’s more obvious to users like me that don’t read documentation :)

Thank you for clarifying.
It was not clear to me what was meant by improving identifications.

Could you change the defunct link on this page https://www.inaturalist.org/oauth/app_owner_application ? It leads to https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/help#identification which does no longer exicsts :slight_smile: and causes the confusion for me.

I will get back to work!

Yup! Made a github issue for it: https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/4660

Link has been updated, thanks to cobbettn on GitHub!

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