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Revision as of 09:37, 16 May 2014
API Version Information
This is the specification for v1 of the iDigBio API. Previous versions of the API continue to exist but should be considered deprecated. API users should migrate to using the current version of the API. This document supercedes iDigBio API v0 Specification.
iDigBio Data and Schema
Data elements generally conform to the Biodiversity Information Standards (also known as the Taxonomic Databases Working Group or TDWG) Darwin Core and Audobon Core.
The iDigBio Data Ingestion Requirements and Guidelines may be useful to understand how data becomes available in iDigBio.
Endpoints
Unless otherwise noted, successful responses from the API will return a JSON-formatted document.
Additional usage examples beyond those provided in this document, including more information on the "curl" command, are available in iDigBio API Examples.
GET /
- Description
- Returns a list of top-level api_version or service URLs
- Resource URL
http://api.idigbio.org/
- Parameters
- None
- Sample Usage
$ curl -s http://api.idigbio.org/ | json_pp { "v1" : "http://api.idigbio.org/v1/", "check" : "http://api.idigbio.org/check", "v0" : "http://api.idigbio.org/v0/" }
GET /{api_version}
- Description
- Returns a list of top-level API feature types for a particular version of the API
- Resource URL
http://api.idigbio.org/v1
- Parameters
- None
- Sample Usage
$ curl -s http://api.idigbio.org/v1 | json_pp { "aggregates" : "http://api.idigbio.org/v1/aggregates", "records" : "http://api.idigbio.org/v1/records", "mediaaps" : "http://api.idigbio.org/v1/mediaaps", "taxa" : "http://api.idigbio.org/v1/taxa", "people" : "http://api.idigbio.org/v1/people", "organizations" : "http://api.idigbio.org/v1/organizations", "recordsets" : "http://api.idigbio.org/v1/recordsets", "mediarecords" : "http://api.idigbio.org/v1/mediarecords" }
- Notes
- Some of the listed feature types may deprecated. This will be noted elsewhere in the API specification document.
GET /v1/aggregates
- Description
- Deprecated, do not use.
GET /v1/mediaaps
- Description
- Deprecated, do not use.
GET /v1/mediarecords
- Description
- Returns a collection of Media Record IDs
- Resource URL
http://api.idigbio.org/v1/mediarecords
- Parameters
- need table
- Sample Usage
# CURL SOMETHING
GET /v1/mediarecords/{ID}
- Description
- Returns a Media Record with the specific entity ID
- Resource URL
http://api.idigbio.org/v1/mediarecords/{ID}
- Parameters
- something goes here
- Sample Usage
# CURL SOMETHING
GET /v1/mediarecords/{ID}/media
- Description
- Returns an image file (JPEG) associated with the specific entity ID
- Resource URL
http://api.idigbio.org/v1/mediarecords/{ID}/media
- Parameters
- something goes here
- Sample Usage
# CURL SOMETHING with -L to follow redirects
GET /v1/records
- Description
- Returns a collection of record IDs
- Resource URL
http://api.idigbio.org/v1/records
- Parameters
- something goes here
- Sample Usage
# CURL SOMETHING
GET /v1/records/{ID}
- Description
- Returns a record with the specific entity ID
- Resource URL
http://api.idigbio.org/v1/records/{ID}
- Parameters
- something goes here
- Sample Usage
# CURL SOMETHING
GET /v1/records/{ID}/media
- Description
- Returns an image (JPEG) associated with the specific entity ID
- Resource URL
http://api.idigbio.org/v1/records/{ID}/media
- Parameters
- something goes here
- Sample Usage
# CURL SOMETHING with -L to watch redirects
GET /v1/publishers
- Description
- Returns a collection of publisher IDs
- Resource URL
http://api.idigbio.org/v1/publishers
- Parameters
- something goes here
- Sample Usage
# CURL SOMETHING
GET /v1/organizations
- Description
- Deprecated, do not use.
GET /v1/people
- Description
- Deprecated, do not use.
GET /v1/publishers/{ID}
- Description
- Returns a publisher with specific entity ID
- Resource URL
http://api.idigbio.org/v1/publishers/{ID}
- Parameters
- something goes here
- Sample Usage
# CURL SOMETHING
GET /v1/recordsets
- Description
- Returns a collection of recordset IDs
- Resource URL
http://api.idigbio.org/v1/recordsets
- Parameters
- something goes here
- Sample Usage
# CURL SOMETHING
GET /v1/recordsets/{ID}
- Description
- Returns information about a recordset with specific entity ID
- Resource URL
http://api.idigbio.org/v1/recordsets/{ID}
- Parameters
- something goes here
- Sample Usage
# CURL SOMETHING
GET /v1/recordsets/{ID}/mediarecords
- Description
- Returns a colleciton of mediarecord IDs that belong to the recordset of the specified entity ID
- Resource URL
http://api.idigbio.org/v1/recordsets/{ID}/mediarecords
- Parameters
- something goes here
- Sample Usage
# CURL SOMETHING
GET /v1/recordsets/{ID}/records
- Description
- Returns a collection of record IDs that belong to the recordset of the specified entity ID
- Resource URL
http://api.idigbio.org/v1/recordsets/{ID}/records
- Parameters
- something goes here
- Sample Usage
# CURL SOMETHING
GET /v1/taxa
- Description
- Deprecated, do not use.
Search
Elasticsearch is an open source distributed document-oriented NoSQL search system. Although not technically part of the API, iDigBio exposes a public Elasticsearch interface for programmers to access advanced search functionality of iDigBio data.
The following are external links to Elasticsearch reference documentation and should be considered prerequisite reading before attempting to use the iDigBio Elasticsearch interface.
There is also an elasticsearch Google Group available.
The iDigBio search index provides two document types to query on: Records (specimen records) and Media Records (media metadata). Search results are returned as JSON-formatted documents.
Each type can be queried through the following respective URLs:
Query Type | Description | Search URL |
---|---|---|
Records | specimen records | https://search.idigbio.org/idigbio/records/_search |
Media Records | media metadata records | https://search.idigbio.org/idigbio/mediarecords/_search |
Examples specific to iDigBio are available in iDigBio API Examples.
Elasticsearch - Records
Specimen Records Query URL:
https://search.idigbio.org/idigbio/records/_search
The following terms are currently available in the index for Records type of queries to Elasticsearch:
"barcodevalue" "catalognumber" "class" "collectioncode" "collectionid" "collectionname" "collector" "commonname" "continent" "country" "county" "datecollected" "datemodified" "etag" "family" "fieldnumber" "genus" "geopoint" "hasImage" "highertaxon" "infraspecificepithet" "institutioncode" "institutionid" "institutionname" "kingdom" "locality" "maxdepth" "maxelevation" "mediarecords" "mindepth" "minelevation" "municipality" "occurenceid" "order" "phylum" "recordset" "scientificname" "specificepithet" "stateprovince" "typestatus" "uuid" "verbatimlocality" "version" "waterbody"
The values stored in these terms are converted to lowercase, so searches based on terms should use the all-lowercase version of the string.
For example, searching for "Arkansas" in stateprovince will return no records.
$ curl -s "http://search.idigbio.org/idigbio/records/_search?q=stateprovince:Arkansas" | json_pp | grep scientificname | wc -l 0
Searching for "arkansas" will return multiple records.
$ curl -s "http://search.idigbio.org/idigbio/records/_search?q=stateprovince:arkansas" | json_pp | grep scientificname | wc -l 10
See iDigBio API Examples page for more Elasticsearch examples that are specific to iDigBio.
Elasticsearch - Media Records
Media Records Query URL:
https://search.idigbio.org/idigbio/mediarecords/_search
There are no useful search terms for Media Records queries using Elasticsearch at this time.