rgbif (version 0.7.0)

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 = 20, 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

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, subf

fields

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

Value

• A data.frame with fields selected by fields arg.

References

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

Examples

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'))