# API developers

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## [About the API developers category](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/about-the-api-developers-category/6223)

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**Author:** [@dnoesgaard](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/dnoesgaard)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/about-the-api-developers-category/6223 "2026-02-04T13:32:09Z")

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For matters related to GBIF APIs, R/python libraries, rate limits, broken endpoints, etc..

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## [Efficiently gather a complete GBIF dataset?](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/efficiently-gather-a-complete-gbif-dataset/6423)

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**Author:** [@jervenbolleman](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/jervenbolleman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/efficiently-gather-a-complete-gbif-dataset/6423 "2026-08-12T14:05:34Z")

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Hi All, We created a fast GBIF parquet to RDF converter\[0\] and some people like the capabilities that gives. We have one user asking for some information not available in the GBIF parquet data \[1\]. What is the recommen…

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## [Interpretation of /species/{usageKey}/synonyms when synonym names resolve to different accepted taxa](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/interpretation-of-species-usagekey-synonyms-when-synonym-names-resolve-to-different-accepted-taxa/6410)

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**Author:** [@zhabla](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/zhabla)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2026, 6:48am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/interpretation-of-species-usagekey-synonyms-when-synonym-names-resolve-to-different-accepted-taxa/6410 "2026-07-24T06:48:09Z")

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I’m trying to understand the intended semantics of the /species/{usageKey}/synonyms endpoint. For example, in the GBIF Backbone I found these three records: 2873991 Aristolochia clematitis ACCEPTED 2874019 Aristolo…

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## [Determining if Occurrences Have Been Deleted](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/determining-if-occurrences-have-been-deleted/6259)

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**Author:** [@mihtmo](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/mihtmo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/determining-if-occurrences-have-been-deleted/6259 "2026-04-22T12:47:09Z")

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I’m reviving an old thread of @MatDillen’s that went unanswered: My situation is the same as their post—I have a fairly large, periodic query that I’m running on the download request API. This sync is working well, an…

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## [Synonyms API seems to be buggy](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/synonyms-api-seems-to-be-buggy/6189)

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**Author:** [@Seiz2805](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/Seiz2805)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/synonyms-api-seems-to-be-buggy/6189 "2026-01-05T12:03:15Z")

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Hi everyone ! I recently tried to use the API of synonyms through this endpoint as suggested in the docs https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/SPECIES\_ID/\*\*synonyms \*\* However, I personally don’t get all the results. Indee…