Can I download tracking events for a specific study?

Yes. Call GET /direct-read with entity_type=event and a study_id filter. You can also list /direct-read?attributes for the event entity to see what fields are available before pulling full events.

What are the rate limits for the Movebank API?

Movebank does not publish hard rate limits in the spec. Treat the API as fair-use and request an api-token via /request-token for scripted pulls so the platform can attribute and rate-limit appropriately.

How do I read tracking events through Jentic?

Run pip install jentic, search 'read Movebank tracking data', load /direct-read, and execute it with the entity_type and study_id parameters. Jentic supplies your Movebank credentials from the vault.

Is the Movebank API free?

Yes for research use under Movebank's Terms of Use. Access to specific datasets depends on the study owner's permission settings - some studies are public, others require explicit access from the principal investigator.

Why use api-token instead of basic auth?

The api-token is issued by /request-token and is time-bounded, which is safer for scripts and scheduled jobs than embedding a long-lived password. Basic auth is still supported for interactive testing.

Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the Movebank API?

Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which Movebank operations and credentials the agent may use, so you can allow only /direct-read of tracking events and deny the rest of the read surface. Movebank selects data by entity_type in the query string rather than a resource path, so you scope the agent by the operations it can call, such as reading events for a study while withholding /request-token or the attributes variant. Your Movebank basic-auth login and api-token are attached at call time and never enter the agent's prompt or context.