taxize (version 0.0.5)

eol_dataobjects: Given the identifier for a data object, return all metadata about the object.

Description

Given the identifier for a data object, return all metadata about the object.

Usage

eol_dataobjects(id, returntype = "data.frame",
    url = "http://www.eol.org/api/data_objects/1.0/",
    usekey = TRUE, key = NULL)

Arguments

id

The EOL data object identifier (character)

usekey

use your API key or not (TRUE or FALSE)

returntype

one of "list" of "data.frame" (character)

url

The EOL url for the function (should be left to default).

key

Your EOL API key; loads from .Rprofile.

Value

• List or dataframe.

Details

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

Examples

eol_dataobjects(id="d72801627bf4adf1a38d9c5f10cc767f")
eol_dataobjects(id="21929584")