rgbif (version 1.3.0)

datasets: Search for datasets and dataset metadata.

Description

Search for datasets and dataset metadata.

Usage

datasets(data = "all", type = NULL, uuid = NULL, query = NULL,
  id = NULL, limit = 100, start = NULL, curlopts = list())

Arguments

data

The type of data to get. One or more of: 'organization', 'contact', 'endpoint', 'identifier', 'tag', 'machinetag', 'comment', 'constituents', 'document', 'metadata', 'deleted', 'duplicate', 'subDataset', 'withNoEndpoint', or the special 'all'. Default: all

type

Type of dataset. Options: include occurrence, checklist, metadata, or sampling_event.

uuid

UUID of the data node provider. This must be specified if data is anything other than all

query

Query term(s). Only used when data=all

id

A metadata document id.

limit

Number of records to return. Default: 100. Maximum: 1000.

start

Record number to start at. Default: 0. Use in combination with limit to page through results.

curlopts

list of named curl options passed on to HttpClient. see curl_options for curl options

Value

A list.

References

http://www.gbif.org/developer/registry#datasets

Examples

# NOT RUN {
datasets(limit=5)
datasets(type="occurrence", limit=10)
datasets(uuid="a6998220-7e3a-485d-9cd6-73076bd85657")
datasets(data='contact', uuid="a6998220-7e3a-485d-9cd6-73076bd85657")
datasets(data='metadata', uuid="a6998220-7e3a-485d-9cd6-73076bd85657")
datasets(data='metadata', uuid="a6998220-7e3a-485d-9cd6-73076bd85657",
  id=598)
datasets(data=c('deleted','duplicate'))
datasets(data=c('deleted','duplicate'), limit=1)

# curl options
datasets(data=c('deleted','duplicate'), curlopts = list(verbose=TRUE))
# }