taxize (version 0.0.6)

eol_pages: Search for pages in EOL database using a taxonconceptID.

Description

Search for pages in EOL database using a taxonconceptID.

Usage

eol_pages(taxonconceptID, usekey = FALSE,
    returntype = "data.frame", key = NULL)

Arguments

taxonconceptID

The taxonconceptID (numeric), which is also the page number.

usekey

Use your API key or not (TRUE or FALSE)

returntype

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

key

Your EOL API key; loads from .Rprofile, or you can specify the key manually the in the function call.

Value

• JSON list object, or data.frame.

Details

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

Examples

pageid <- eol_search('Pomatomus')$id[1]
out <- eol_pages(taxonconceptID=pageid)
eol_hierarchy(out[out$nameAccordingTo == "NCBI Taxonomy", "identifier"])
eol_hierarchy(out[out$nameAccordingTo == "Integrated Taxonomic Information
   System (ITIS)", "identifier"])