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gbifrb is a low level client for the GBIF API

Other GBIF API clients:

• Python:pygbif
• R:rgbif
• PHP:php-gbif

For changes see theChangelog

Methods in relation toGBIF 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.gitcd gbifrbrake install

Nodes

require'gbifrb'registry=Gbif::Registryregistry.nodes(limit:5)

Networks

registry.networks(uuid:'16ab5405-6c94-4189-ac71-16ca3b753df7')

GBIF backbone

species=Gbif::Speciesspecies.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::Occurrencesocc.search(taxonKey:3329049)occ.search(taxonKey:3329049,limit:2)occ.search(scientificName:'Ursus americanus')

species=Gbif::Speciesspecies.name_backbone("Helianthus",verbose:true)

• CLI interface
• occurrence metrics methods
• occurrence downloads methods
• OAI-PMH interface

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• License: MIT