taxize (version 0.9.4)

eol_search: Search for terms in EOL database.

Description

Search for terms in EOL database.

Usage

eol_search(terms, page = 1, exact = NULL, filter_tid = NULL,
  filter_heid = NULL, filter_by_string = NULL, cache_ttl = NULL,
  key = NULL, ...)

Arguments

terms

search terms (character)

page

A maximum of 30 results are returned per page. This parameter allows you to fetch more pages of results if there are more than 30 matches (Default 1)

exact

Will find taxon pages if the preferred name or any synonym or common name exactly matches the search term.

filter_tid

Given an EOL page ID, search results will be limited to members of that taxonomic group

filter_heid

Given a Hierarchy Entry ID, search results will be limited to members of that taxonomic group

filter_by_string

Given a search term, an exact search will be made and that matching page will be used as the taxonomic group against which to filter search results

cache_ttl

The number of seconds you wish to have the response cached.

key

Your EOL API key. See taxize-authentication for help on authentication

...

Curl options passed on to HttpClient

Value

A data frame with four columns:

• pageid: pageid, this is the same as the eolid you can get from get_eolid

• name: taxonomic name, may or may not contain the taxonomic authority

• link: URL for the taxon in question

• content: a string of semi-colon separated names. it's not clear to us what these represent exactly, but figured why not give it to users in case some may find it useful

Authentication

See taxize-authentication for help on authentication

Details

It's possible to return JSON or XML with the EOL API. However, this function only returns JSON for now.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
eol_search(terms='Homo')
eol_search(terms='Salix')
eol_search(terms='Ursus americanus luteolus')
# }