gbifrb
is a low level client for the GBIF API
Other GBIF API clients:
For changes see the Changelog
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
gem install gbifrb
git clone git@github.com:sckott/gbifrb.git
cd gbifrb
rake install
Nodes
require 'gbifrb'
registry = Gbif::Registry
registry.nodes(limit: 5)
Networks
registry.networks(uuid: '16ab5405-6c94-4189-ac71-16ca3b753df7')
GBIF backbone
species = Gbif::Species
species.name_backbone(name: "Helianthus")
Suggester
species.name_suggest(q: "Helianthus")
Lookup
species.name_lookup(q: "Helianthus")
Lookup example with more parameters: name usages of plants where accepted scientific name includes 'reptans':
species.name_lookup(q: 'reptans', higherTaxonKey: 6, nameType: 'SCIENTIFIC', status: 'ACCEPTED')
Name usage (/species
)
species.name_usage(name: "Helianthus")
Name usage example with more parameters: name usages of 'Andropogon' in Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN) checklist:
species.name_usage(name: 'Andropogon', datasetKey: '3f8a1297-3259-4700-91fc-acc4170b27ce')
occ = Gbif::Occurrences
occ.search(taxonKey: 3329049)
occ.search(taxonKey: 3329049, limit: 2)
occ.search(scientificName: 'Ursus americanus')
species = Gbif::Species
species.name_backbone("Helianthus", verbose: true)
- CLI interface
- occurrence metrics methods
- occurrence downloads methods
- OAI-PMH interface
- Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.
- License: MIT