
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello all,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I like to display an overview page for a distinct species like this:</div><div class=""><a href="http://www.gbif.org/species/4827561" class="">http://www.gbif.org/species/4827561</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Is there a common request that collects these information with one roundtrip, or do I have to issue the specialized calls separately</div><div class=""><a href="http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/4827561/" class="">http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/4827561/</a></div><div class=""><a href="http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/4827561/" class="">http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/4827561/</a>speciesProfiles</div><div class=""><a href="http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/4827561/synonyms" class="">http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/4827561/synonyms</a></div><div class="">…</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A similar question arises, if i want to construct a breadcrumb for a given key, so I need the parent list *and* the target item.</div><div class="">Is there a shortcut or are these two calls required (like i do now):</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/4827561/parents" class="">http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/4827561/parents</a></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/4827561/" class="">http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/4827561/</a></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I just want to make sure that I don’t generate more requests than necessary.</div><div class="">So if there are any policies like max. request rate, or a recommended additional request header to identify the user agent, please let me know.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks</div><div class="">Martin</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>