Species Endpoint – Basic

Fetch occurrence data for a marine species using the OBIS API.

🧬 Get Species Data

Query occurrence records for a marine species by name.

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🔗 Endpoint

GET /data/<species>

• <species> = scientific name
• Example: Thunnus albacares

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💼 Usage

curl http://localhost:5000/data/Thunnus%20albacares

{
  "status": 200,
  "results": [
    {
      "scientificName": "Thunnus albacares",
      "decimalLatitude": -10.123,
      "decimalLongitude": 155.456,
      "eventDate": "2022-08-13"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "status": 404,
  "message": "Species not found"
}