rgbif (version 1.3.0)

name_suggest: A quick and simple autocomplete service that returns up to 20 name usages by doing prefix matching against the scientific name. Results are ordered by relevance.

Description

A quick and simple autocomplete service that returns up to 20 name usages by doing prefix matching against the scientific name. Results are ordered by relevance.

Usage

name_suggest(q = NULL, datasetKey = NULL, rank = NULL,
  fields = NULL, start = NULL, limit = 100, curlopts = list())

Arguments

q

(character, required) Simple search parameter. The value for this parameter can be a simple word or a phrase. Wildcards can be added to the simple word parameters only, e.g. q=puma

datasetKey

(character) Filters by the checklist dataset key (a uuid, see examples)

rank

(character) A taxonomic rank. One of class, cultivar, cultivar_group, domain, family, form, genus, informal, infrageneric_name, infraorder, infraspecific_name, infrasubspecific_name, kingdom, order, phylum, section, series, species, strain, subclass, subfamily, subform, subgenus, subkingdom, suborder, subphylum, subsection, subseries, subspecies, subtribe, subvariety, superclass, superfamily, superorder, superphylum, suprageneric_name, tribe, unranked, or variety.

fields

(character) Fields to return in output data.frame (simply prunes columns off)

start

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

limit

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

curlopts

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

Value

A data.frame with fields selected by fields arg.

Repeat parmeter inputs

Some parameters can tak emany inputs, and treated as 'OR' (e.g., a or b or c). The following take many inputs:

• rank

• datasetKey

see also many-values

References

http://www.gbif.org/developer/species#searching

Examples

# NOT RUN {
name_suggest(q='Puma concolor')
name_suggest(q='Puma')
name_suggest(q='Puma', rank="genus")
name_suggest(q='Puma', rank="subspecies")
name_suggest(q='Puma', rank="species")
name_suggest(q='Puma', rank="infraspecific_name")

name_suggest(q='Puma', limit=2)
name_suggest(q='Puma', fields=c('key','canonicalName'))
name_suggest(q='Puma', fields=c('key','canonicalName',
  'higherClassificationMap'))

# Some parameters accept many inputs, treated as OR
name_suggest(rank = c("family", "genus"))
name_suggest(datasetKey = c("73605f3a-af85-4ade-bbc5-522bfb90d847",
  "d7c60346-44b6-400d-ba27-8d3fbeffc8a5"))

# Pass on curl options
name_suggest(q='Puma', limit=200, curlopts = list(verbose=TRUE))
# }