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

Does typeSpecimens API work?
by Nozomi James Ytow 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Hi, I tried typeSpecimens function of Species API: http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/2435098/typeSpecimens It returned non-empty record in summer, but now I get an empty record. Does it work,? James

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Suggetion on BoundingBox#setGlobalCoverage()
by Nozomi James Ytow 26 Dec '14

26 Dec '14

Hi, org.gbif.api.model.registry.eml.geospatial.BoundingBox#setGlobalCoverage() does not accept boolean but four doubles. Jackson's ObjectMapper is unhappy with that. I suggest to add setGlobalCoverage(boolean) method or to add @JsonIgnoreProperties to ignore. Regards, James

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Re: [API-users] Order By
by Tim Robertson 23 Dec '14

23 Dec '14

Sorry Eli, but no. Occurrences are only returned by the most recent modified record first. Cheers, Tim On 23 Dec 2014, at 12:16, eli eltsufin <elijaelt(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to sort the occurrence search query by date and time ? > > Thanks, > Eli

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Usage of endOfRecords
by Nozomi James Ytow 23 Dec '14

23 Dec '14

Hi, I tried http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/search?q=Puma&rank=GENUS&limit=20&offset=0 which returns JSON starting with {"offset":0,"limit":20,"endOfRecords":false,"count":50,"results":[ I expect that there are 50 records to be returend against the query. Howerver, http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/search?q=Puma&rank=GENUS&limit=60&offset=0 returns 50 records as expected, but it says as {"offset":0,"limit":50,"endOfRecords":false,"count":50,"results":[ Shouldn't it be true, if the returned fragment represents end of records? Or, shoud I check not only endOfRecords but also (limit > 0 && (offset + limit) < count) ? -- James

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Re: [API-users] GBIF Challenge
by Tim Robertson 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Hi Eli, Please can you join and post to the api users mailing list [1] for these kind of questions? > 1. I have used "/species" addition and received only 20 results. how do i remove this limit ? > or how can i read the next page ? Please see the documentation on paging http://www.gbif.org/developer/summary#common If you add ?limit=100 you will receive 100 results, and if you add &offset=100 you will receive the second 100 results for example. Please bear in mind that if you request limit=10000000 it will be reduced to a sensible limit, which is state on the response. In most case 20 or 100 will be the optimal page size for performance. > 2. For the Map section, how can i get the Keys for the Taxson, Dataset and Publisher (The ISO keys for countries i found with Google) ? Please see the documentation on the Registry API [2] for dataset (/dataset) and publishing organisation (/oraganization) and Species API [3] for taxa keys. ISO country codes are on many sites such as wikipedia but the authoritative site is https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search I hope this helps. Best wishes, Tim [1] http://lists.gbif.org/mailman/listinfo/api-users [2] http://www.gbif.org/developer/registry [3] http://www.gbif.org/developer/species On 05 Dec 2014, at 18:33, eli eltsufin <elijaelt(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Regarding the published API for the Challenge : > > 2. For the Map section, how can i get the Keys for the Taxson, Dataset and Publisher (The ISO keys for countries i found with Google) ? > > For now :-) > > Eli

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GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge
by Kyle Copas [GBIF] 05 Dec '14

05 Dec '14

No disrespect intended to the group, but I neglected to alert the API users list to Tuesday's launch of the re-engineered GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge. If you haven’t seen the announcement through other channels, please do have a look at either the announcement or the Challenge website on ChallengePost. http://www.gbif.org/page/62262 http://gbif.challengepost.com My sincere apologies for this sin of omission! Kyle ===== Kyle Copas Science Writer +45 35 32 14 75 | mobile +45 28 75 14 75 | Skype kylecopas GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark http://www.gbif.org <http://www.gbif.org/>

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