# Possible to access observations in traditional project with public api access route?

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/possible-to-access-observations-in-traditional-project-with-public-api-access-route/21176>\
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**Tags:** web, api\
**Created:** [March 15, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/possible-to-access-observations-in-traditional-project-with-public-api-access-route/21176 "2021-03-15T21:14:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![jmhulbert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jmhulbert/32/10870_2.png) [@jmhulbert](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jmhulbert)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/possible-to-access-observations-in-traditional-project-with-public-api-access-route/21176/1 "2021-03-15T21:14:21Z")

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We are trying to access observations in our traditional project using the API. Is it possible? If so, could you post an example of the query you would use to access the observations in a traditional project?

Thank you in advance!

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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:** [March 16, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/possible-to-access-observations-in-traditional-project-with-public-api-access-route/21176/2 "2021-03-16T00:20:22Z")

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not sure exactly what you’re asking for here.

the observation search API endpoint is [https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/observations](https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/observations), and you can query for observations from a specific project by using the project\_id parameter combined with the numeric id or text slug of the project (ex. [https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/observations?project\_id=plants-of-texas](https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/observations?project_id=plants-of-texas) or [https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/observations?project\_id=544](https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/observations?project_id=544)).

for some more information about that API endpoint, see [https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/docs/#!/Observations/get\_observations](https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/docs/#!/Observations/get_observations), and for more information on recommended API practices, see [https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/api+recommended+practices](https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/api+recommended+practices).

that said, it would be helpful to understand what exactly you’re trying to do. the iNaturalist API may not always be the best way to retrieve data, and the endpoint i mentioned above may not be the best endpoint in every case.

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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:** [May 15, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/possible-to-access-observations-in-traditional-project-with-public-api-access-route/21176/3 "2021-05-15T00:21:10Z")

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