rgbif (version 0.7.0)

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 = 20, start = NULL, callopts = list())

Arguments

callopts

Pass on options to httr::GET for more refined control of http calls, and error handling

limit

Number of records to return

start

Record number to start at

data

The type of data to get. Default is all data.

type

Type of dataset, options include OCCURRENCE, etc.

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.

Value

• A list.

References

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

Examples

datasets()
datasets(type="OCCURRENCE")
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)