The Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) API lets you integrate data straight from SPRAT.
Use it to build SPRAT data into your own tools, reports and maps, and keep them up to date as listings change.
The API is free to use. You need an API key, which takes about 2 minutes to get using the link provided.
What data you can get
The APIs give you data on species and ecological communities that have profiles in SPRAT:
- The lists of species and ecological communities in SPRAT relevant to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), including list category (threatened, migratory, marine and cetacean), listed status, alternate names for species and if threatened, the date that status came into effect.
- The species and ecological communities profile content for each entity, including names, listing status and citations to relevant conservation planning documents.
Terms of use
Using your key responsibly
The API is a shared service. These limits help keep it fast and available for everyone.
- Request limits: API requests are dynamically monitored for usage patterns which could impact other users or our systems. The API may pause requests for a short time to protect the service.
- Use one key per project: this makes it easier to track use and replace a key if something goes wrong.
- Keep your key private: if you think someone else has your key, regenerate it straight away.
We may suspend keys that break these terms of use or put the service at risk. We'll contact you first where we can.
Licence and how to cite SPRAT
SPRAT data is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. This means you can share and adapt it, (including for commercial use), as long as you credit the source.
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water ([year]) Species Profile and Threats Database, accessed [day month year] through the SPRAT API, https://sprat.dcceew.gov.au/api-data-access.
How current the data is
The API uses the same data as SPRAT and is cached to refresh every 2 hours. EPBC Act legislative list changes are made in the database on the day they come into effect and associated statutory documents must be published within 10 business days. Other non-statutory information such as alternate names and non-statutory list status is updated as needed.
Each record shows the date it was last updated and, for listings, the date the current status took effect.
The API is for providing digital information. The legal lists of threatened species, ecological communities and key threatening processes are the instruments made under the EPBC Act 1999 on the Federal Register of Legislation.
Access the API
Once you have an API key, you can get data from the API. The endpoint address is: https://api.dcceew.gov.au/integrations/sprat/v1/
Your API key must be included in each request. Use an Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key header to specify your API key.