# Given an Observation id, get a list of project

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/given-an-observation-id-get-a-list-of-project/53476>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** question, api, projects, observations\
**Created:** [July 16, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/given-an-observation-id-get-a-list-of-project/53476 "2024-07-16T16:54:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![JoeCohen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/joecohen/32/2408_2.png) [@JoeCohen](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/JoeCohen)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/given-an-observation-id-get-a-list-of-project/53476/1 "2024-07-16T16:54:52Z")

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Is there a way **via the API** to the Projects to which an Observation belongs, given the observation id? (I’m interested only in whether this can be done via the API; I’m not interested in whether those projects can be displayed by other means.)

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**Author:** ![jwidness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jwidness](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jwidness)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/given-an-observation-id-get-a-list-of-project/53476/2 "2024-07-16T17:51:39Z")

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You can only get the list of Traditional projects, plus Collection/Umbrella Projects _which the user has joined_. An observation doesn’t know about the Collection/Umbrella projects that it is in if the user hasn’t joined the project.

If you make this API call:  
`https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/observations/{id}?include_new_projects=true`

The results will include `project_ids` with Traditional projects and `non_traditional_projects` with joined Collection/Umbrella projects.

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**Author:** ![pisum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pisum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pisum)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/given-an-observation-id-get-a-list-of-project/53476/3 "2024-07-16T22:22:44Z")

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> [@JoeCohen](#):
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> Is there a way **via the API** to the Projects to which an Observation belongs, given the observation id?

what is the use case for this?

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**Author:** ![JoeCohen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/joecohen/32/2408_2.png) [@JoeCohen](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/JoeCohen)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/given-an-observation-id-get-a-list-of-project/53476/4 "2024-07-18T20:16:40Z")

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jwldness: Thanks so much!

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**Author:** ![JoeCohen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/joecohen/32/2408_2.png) [@JoeCohen](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/JoeCohen)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/given-an-observation-id-get-a-list-of-project/53476/5 "2024-07-18T20:28:25Z")

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Some observations appear in both iNat and MushroomObserver.  
In MO, it would have been be a nice touch to list the iNat projects.  
(The fallback is that the MO observation has a link to the iNat counterpart, and MO users can follow that link if they’re interested in a complete list of the relevant iNat projects.)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/given-an-observation-id-get-a-list-of-project/53476/6 "2024-09-16T20:29:08Z")

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