gbifrb
gbifrb is a low level client for the GBIF API
Other GBIF API clients:
Changes
For changes see the Changelog
API
Methods in relation to GBIF API routes
registry
/node-Gbif::Registry.nodes/network-Gbif::Registry.networks/installations-Gbif::Registry.installations/organizations-Gbif::Registry.organizations/dataset_metrics-Gbif::Registry.dataset_metrics/datasets-Gbif::Registry.datasets/dataset_suggest-Gbif::Registry.dataset_suggest/dataset_search-Gbif::Registry.dataset_search
species
/species/match-Gbif::Species.name_backbone/species/suggest-Gbif::Species.name_suggest/species/search-Gbif::Species.name_lookup/species-Gbif::Species.name_usage
occurrences
/search-Gbif::Occurrences.search/get-Gbif::Occurrences.get/get_verbatim-Gbif::Occurrences.get_verbatim/get_fragment-Gbif::Occurrences.get_fragment
Install
Release version
gem install gbifrb
Development version
git clone git@github.com:sckott/gbifrb.git
cd gbifrb
rake install
Examples, in Ruby repl
Registry module
Nodes
require 'gbifrb'
registry = Gbif::Registry
registry.nodes(limit: 5)
Networks
registry.networks(uuid: '16ab5405-6c94-4189-ac71-16ca3b753df7')
Species module
GBIF backbone
species = Gbif::Species
species.name_backbone(name: "Helianthus")
Suggester
species.name_suggest("Helianthus")
Occurrences
occ = Gbif::Occurrences
occ.search(taxonKey: 3329049)
occ.search(taxonKey: 3329049, limit: 2)
occ.search(scientificName: 'Ursus americanus')
curl options
species = Gbif::Species
species.name_backbone("Helianthus", verbose: true)
Todo
- CLI interface
- occurrence metrics methods
- occurrence downloads methods
- OAI-PMH interface
Meta
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- License: MIT