rgbif (version 0.6.0)

occ_get: Get data for specific GBIF occurrences.

Description

Get data for specific GBIF occurrences.

Usage

occ_get(key = NULL, return = "all", verbatim = FALSE,
  fields = "minimal", callopts = list())

Arguments

key

Occurrence key

return

One of data, hier, meta, or all. If data, a data.frame with the data. hier returns the classifications in a list for each record. meta returns the metadata for the entire call. all gives all data back in a list.

verbatim

Return verbatim object (TRUE) or cleaned up object (FALSE, default).

fields

(character) Default ('minimal') will return just taxon name, key, latitude, and longitute. 'all' returns all fields. Or specify each field you want returned by name, e.g. fields = c('name','latitude','altitude').

callopts

Further arguments passed on to the GET request.

Value

• A data.frame or list.

References

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

Examples

occ_get(key=766766824, return='data')
occ_get(key=766766824, 'hier')
occ_get(key=766766824, 'all')

# many occurrences
occ_get(key=c(101010,240713150,855998194,49819470), return='data')

# Verbatim data
occ_get(key=c(766766824,620594291,766420684), verbatim=TRUE)