September 2015 - API-users

API Changelog?
by Scott Chamberlain 29 Sep '15

29 Sep '15

Hi all, Is there a changelog somewhere with noteable changes in the API? I could follow the Issue tracker I suppose, but curious if there's something like this https://developers.digitalocean.com/documentation/changelog/ for this API meant for human consumption. Thanks! Scott

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Some questions from a begginer
by Eduardo Dalcin 16 Sep '15

16 Sep '15

Hi folks, This is my first message to the list. So, please, be nice :) I'm working here at Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, together with the guys at the National Center for Flora Conservation. We are doing the risk assessment of the Brazilian flora to the government. We assess, so far, the risk of ca. 6.000 species <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/453c7d453a2da4e332a97aeca082eb5547d8191b?ur…>, but we still have to assess ca. 35.000. Access occurrence records for Brazil is crucial, and every occurrence is important. That means that we have to put together occurrence data from different sources and, after the first batch of the risk assessment, we realize that we need to build up our aggregator. We are planning to do this with the Lontra-harvester, with the help of the guys at Brazilian GBIF Node. So, the one of the firsts steps was to list the available resources to understand the dimension of the task and, that brings me to my questions. First: The request: http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord… <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/a74c129abf8bbfa4b19b1e189b34df8e0487feca?ur…> returns 4.982.689 records And the request: http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/counts/datasets?country=BR&taxonKey=6&bas… <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/9d992e7b6733894b7f83de11d178c1437080224b?ur…> returns (here <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/f15b92c6e49e193b58c96df93026b672d630a4fd?ur…>) 7.406.310 records Comments? Second: The request: http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/count?country=BR&taxonKey=6&basisOfRecord… <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/a74c129abf8bbfa4b19b1e189b34df8e0487feca?ur…> return things like this: "197908d0-5565-11d8-b290-b8a03c50a862":27629 But the consult of the same dataset: http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?TAXON_KEY=6&DATASET_KEY=197908d0-5565… <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/6b3dbf4bfc7f45d67d05057979f1e72e2617ca68?ur…> Returns "null" (of course, is a FishBase!) I have plenty of examples like this, on yellow here (not finished!): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1msUjwMLoKwnXxJFzF20SeN_C65RIkGLbwaY… <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/21008349e3704f943677730af8f5afdc6cd3cc7b?ur…> Comments? I think those two questions is a good start. Please, let me know if I'm doing something wrong. Cheers, Eduardo -------------------------------- *Eduardo Dalcin <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/0013f9d54db6dace53d2df17834b697a7abd50cc?ur…>* Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro - JBRJ e-mail: edalcin(a)jbrj.gov.br Trabalho / Work: +55 21 3204 2116 -------------------------------- *e-mail alternativo / * *alternate email:** edalcin(a)jbrj.org <edalcin(a)jbrj.org>* -------------------------------- Agendar reunião / Schedule a meeting: http://agendar.dalc.in <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/0307534e3500b69d419aa6594a8e7baed96be03e?ur…>

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Dataset search on keyword broken?
by Peter Desmet 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

Hi, I'm trying to search for datasets with a certain keyword. Every query I try though returns 0 results: http://api.gbif.org/v1/dataset/search?keyword=lifewatch Some datasets do have that keyword though, e.g. http://data.inbo.be/ipt/resource?r=bird-tracking-gull-occurrences, but I noticed keywords are not displayed on GBIF dataset pages: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/83e20573-f7dd-4852-9159-21566e1e691e, though they are available via the API: http://api.gbif.org/v1/dataset/83e20573-f7dd-4852-9159-21566e1e691e According to the documentation: keyword parameter = Filters datasets by a case insensitive plain text keyword. The search is done on the merged collection of tags, the dataset keywordCollections and temporalCoverages. Searching for the machineTag "13" (value for key "crawl_attempt") or temporalCoverage "breeding season 2013" which are both available in the above dataset, doesn't return anything either: http://api.gbif.org/v1/dataset/search?keyword=13 http://api.gbif.org/v1/dataset/search?keyword=breeding%20season%202013 Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug? Peter

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