GET /statistics/years

obis.org:obis-api

Summary: Get number of presence records per year.
Operation ID:
Auth: unknown
Description

Get number of presence records per year.

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
Get all presence records per year curl https://api.obis.org/statistics/years
Get yearly records for a specific species curl https://api.obis.org/statistics/years?scientificname=Mola%20mola
Get yearly records with date range and Red List filter curl https://api.obis.org/statistics/years?startdate=2010-01-01&enddate=2020-12-31&redlist=true

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:37:13.912253 200 737ms
2026-03-23 09:14:47.728802 200 154ms
2026-03-23 09:02:08.781710 200 152ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 09:14:47.728802 772dd8afae7f 8598a67f9b48
2026-03-23 10:37:13.912253 8598a67f9b48 54534250d333