GET /institute

obis.org:obis-api

Summary: Find institute records.
Operation ID: —
Auth: unknown
Description

Find institute records.

Parameters (17)

absence (string, query, optional)

Include absence records (include) or get absence records exclusively (true).

areaid (string, query, optional)

Area ID.

datasetid (string, query, optional)

Dataset UUID.

dropped (string, query, optional)

Include dropped records (include) or get dropped records exclusively (true).

enddate (string, query, optional)

End date formatted as YYYY-MM-DD.

enddepth (integer, query, optional)

End depth, in meters.

exclude (string, query, optional)

Comma separated list of quality flags to be excluded.

flags (string, query, optional)

Comma separated list of quality flags which need to be set.

geometry (string, query, optional)

Geometry, formatted as WKT or GeoHash.

hab (boolean, query, optional)

HAB species only, true/false.

nodeid (string, query, optional)

Node UUID.

redlist (boolean, query, optional)

Red List species only, true/false.

scientificname (string, query, optional)

Scientific name. Leave empty to include all taxa.

startdate (string, query, optional)

Start date formatted as YYYY-MM-DD.

startdepth (integer, query, optional)

Start depth, in meters.

taxonid (string, query, optional)

Taxon AphiaID.

wrims (boolean, query, optional)

WRiMS species only, true/false.

Examples (3)

TitleTypeURLAction
List all institutes curl https://api.obis.org/institute
Find institutes by dataset curl https://api.obis.org/institute?datasetid=4a3d9704-0a2e-4e40-96c2-78370388c48e
Find institutes by node curl https://api.obis.org/institute?nodeid=4a3d9704-0a2e-4e40-96c2-78370388c48e

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:56:12.214415 200 182ms
2026-03-23 10:45:02.776026 200 2319ms
2026-03-23 09:46:18.003790 200 282ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 10:45:02.776026 583475f72c77 3c9663aeb0ab
2026-03-23 10:56:12.214415 3c9663aeb0ab 583475f72c77