Hi Tim,
I received an error message (via email) when attempting to post 300 taxon keys:
"We are sorry, but an error has occurred processing your download."
Please see attached query file.
Curl command:
curl --include --user username:password --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data @query_1.json http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/request
I received a HTTP status code "201 Created."
Thanks,
Ben
On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 3:52 AM Tim Robertson trobertson@gbif.org wrote:
Hi Benjamin,
Download will be best.
However, there are limits and you will not be able to push 3000 in.
You could either split it into groups of e.g. 300, or use a higher taxon and then implement a post-filter to throw away those not in your list (the latter is how I would do it).
I am sorry for this nuisance, and this is a known issue that we do aim to address: https://github.com/gbif/portal-feedback/issues/1768
Thanks,
Tim
*From: *API-users api-users-bounces@lists.gbif.org on behalf of Benjamin Feinsilver benjamin.feinsilver@gmail.com *Date: *Wednesday, 3 April 2019 at 09.33 *To: *"api-users@lists.gbif.org" api-users@lists.gbif.org *Subject: *[API-users] Requesting Occurrence Data for Large List of Species
Hello,
If I have a list of around 3,000 species, and I would like to request occurrence data for each species, is it more efficient to use the Search or Download API?
If using the Download API, could I include the list of species in an external query file and use the "in" predicate? For example:
{ "creator":"userName", "notification_address": ["userName@example.org"], "predicate": { "type":"in", "key":"SCIENTIFIC_NAME", "values":["cat1","cat2","cat3"] } }
Thanks,
Ben