rgbif (version 0.9.0)

occ_metadata: Search for catalog numbers, collection codes, collector names, and institution codes.

Description

Search for catalog numbers, collection codes, collector names, and institution codes.

Usage

occ_metadata(type = "catalogNumber", q = NULL, limit = 5, pretty = TRUE,
  ...)

Arguments

type

Type of data, one of catalogNumber, collectionCode, recordedBy, or institutionCode. Unique partial strings work too, like 'cat' for catalogNumber

q

Search term

limit

Number of results, default=5

pretty

Pretty as true (Default) uses cat to print data, FALSE gives character strings.

...

Further named parameters, such as query, path, etc, passed on to modify_url within GET call. Unnamed parameters will be comb

References

http://www.gbif.org/developer/occurrence#search

Examples

# catalog number
occ_metadata(type = "catalogNumber", q=122)

# collection code
occ_metadata(type = "collectionCode", q=12)

# institution code
occ_metadata(type = "institutionCode", q='GB')

# recorded by
occ_metadata(type = "recordedBy", q='scott')

# data as character strings
occ_metadata(type = "catalogNumber", q=122, pretty=FALSE)

# Change number of results returned
occ_metadata(type = "catalogNumber", q=122, limit=10)

# Partial unique type strings work too
occ_metadata(type = "cat", q=122)

# Pass on options to httr
library('httr')
occ_metadata(type = "cat", q=122, config=verbose())
# occ_metadata(type = "cat", q=122, config=progress())