rgbif (version 0.4.0)

occ_metadata: Search for catalog numbers, collection codes, collector names, and institution codes.

Description

Search for catalog numbers, collection codes, collector names, and institution codes.

Usage

occ_metadata(type = "catalog_number", q = NULL,
    limit = 5, callopts = list(), pretty = TRUE)

Arguments

type

Type of data, one of catalog_number, collection_code, collector_name, institution_code. Unique partial strings work too, like 'cat' for catalog_number

q

Search term

limit

Number of results, default=5

callopts

Args passed on to httr::GET

pretty

Pretty as true (Default) uses cat to print data, FALSE gives character strings.

References

http://www.gbif.org/developer/summary

Examples

# catalog number
occ_metadata(type = "catalog_number", q=122)

# collection code
occ_metadata(type = "collection_code", q=12)

# collector name
occ_metadata(type = "collector_name", q='juan')

# institution code
occ_metadata(type = "institution_code", q='GB')

# data as character strings
occ_metadata(type = "catalog_number", q=122, pretty=FALSE)

# Change number of results returned
occ_metadata(type = "catalog_number", q=122, limit=10)

# Partial unique type strings work too
occ_metadata(type = "cat", q=122)