June 2014 - API-users - lists.gbif.org

GBIF API deploy, 12th June
by Markus Döring 20 Nov '14

20 Nov '14

Dear GBIF API users, A new API will be deployed later today. Please expect a short downtime in the central European afternoon, we try to keep it minimal. This is a minor updated and all URLs in the new version will remain the same, keeping v0.9. New features included are improved data processing, multimedia support for occurrences and new occurrence search filters based on media type and processing issues. Please also see http://gbif.blogspot.de/2014/05/multimedia-in-gbif.html If you notice problems or need help with the API feel invited to post questions in this list. with thanks, GBIF dev team -- Markus Döring Software Developer Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) mdoering(a)gbif.org http://www.gbif.org

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mediatype json formatting
by Scott Chamberlain 30 Jun '14

30 Jun '14

Hi, Thanks for adding media content to the occurrence endpoint output. I am curious if the below is the intended behavior. It appears as though the "references" field associated with an array of "type", "format", and "identifier" is in the next array. Does it not make more sense to have the "references" field within the same array so when parsed we can easily tell that they go together? I can tell by seeing that the photo ID is the same, but I wonder if that is the best approach since then we need to make sure a "references" field goes with an arry of type/format/identifier by e.g. regex-ing. Sorry if I am misunderstanding why this is the way it is :) [ { type: "StillImage", format: "image/jpeg", identifier: "http://static.inaturalist.org/photos/696339/medium.JPG?1393473140" }, { references: "http://conabio.inaturalist.org/photos/696339" }, { type: "StillImage", format: "image/jpeg", identifier: "http://static.inaturalist.org/photos/696341/medium.JPG?1393473245" }, { references: "http://conabio.inaturalist.org/photos/696341" } ] Thanks! Scott Chamberlain

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lastInterpreted query param not working?
by Ken-ichi 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

GET http://api.gbif.org/v0.9/occurrence/search?institutioncode=iNaturalist&last… { offset: 0, limit: 20, endOfRecords: true, count: 0, results: [ ] } I'm pretty sure you guys have indexed more than zero records from us since 2014-01-01. Am I doing something wrong? Also, does "interpreted" here mean the last time you *changed* or *added* the record on GBIF or the last time you verified that the source and the GBIF record were in sync? -ken-ichi

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did identifiers change btwn the old and new gbif?
by Ken-ichi 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

It looks like http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64364 is indexed at both http://data.gbif.org/occurrences/606641999 and http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/891075685. Does this mean the same records have completely different identifiers in the old and new systems? Additionally, do identifiers change every time an external source gets indexed, or was this switch just due to migration to a new data store? Please tell me they don't change on every index. I'm trying to use the API to check whether iNat observations have been indexed by GBIF and the link back to the GBIF version on each observation page. If the identifiers change, that means the links will break every time you re-index us. -ken-ichi

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Re: [API-users] Portal API: /species?name=A search is down
by Markus Döring 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Hi Gaurav, the correct call to the species match service is this: http://api.gbif.org/v0.9/species/match?name=Hoolock+hoolock%E2%80%9D I'm surprised it did work before, I don't think we changed the URL in this release. We *did* finally do a new deploy though yesterday morning so you should see a slightly enhanced occurrence API now. best, Markus -- Markus Döring Software Developer Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) mdoering(a)gbif.org http://www.gbif.org On 17 Jun 2014, at 02:52, Gaurav Vaidya <gaurav(a)ggvaidya.com> wrote: > Hi there! > > Since around 2am MT last night (around 8am UTC), the /species?name=A API query has been down for me; I only get a server timeout with the request "http://api.gbif.org/v0.9/species?name=Hoolock+hoolock”, for example. I can still access other API services, such as “http://api.gbif.org/v0.9/species/search?q=Hoolock+hoolock”. > > Any idea what’s going on? > > cheers, > Gaurav

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Multimedia examples
by Scott Chamberlain 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

Hello, Thanks for the notice of the new multimedia feature. Are there any new parameters, perhaps a parameter that accepts a logical to limit to records with media data. Cheers, Scott Chamberlain

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Multimedia examples
by Scott Chamberlain 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

Hello, Thanks for the notice of the new multimedia feature. Are there any new parameters, perhaps a parameter that accepts a logical to limit to records with media data. Cheers, Scott Chamberlain

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