taxize (version 0.1.5)

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 = "list", usekey = TRUE,
    key = NULL, verbose = TRUE)

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)

key

Your EOL API key; loads from .Rprofile.

verbose

logical; If TRUE the actual taxon queried is printed on the console.

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")