IdigbioClient

idigbio_client is a Ruby wrapper for iDigBio API

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'idigbio_client'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install idigbio_client

Usage

Client functions can be grouped in 4 categories

• inspect - introspective methods
• search - search by provided parameters
• show - show any one object based on its UUID
• stats - various statistical data

Inspect

Methods in this section supply meta-information important for effective use of the client.

Method IdigbioClient.types

Returns an array of types (resources) available via API.

require "idigbio_client"

IdigbioClient.types
# returns ["records", "mediarecords", "recordsets", "publishers"]

Method IdigbioClient.fields(type)

Returns a hash with description of fields associated with a resource. Takes one optional parameter type. If type is not given it returns fields to all types in a hash.

Parameter	Type	Description
type	String or Symbol	indicates which type to query for its fields; default nil

require "idigbio_client"

IdigbioClient.fields

# fields of a specific type
IdigbioClient.fields(:mediarecords)
IdigbioClient.fields("records")

Search

Method IdigbioClient.search(opts)

Takes a hash of opts, returns a hash with results of a search.

opts.keys	Type	Description
:type	String or Symbol	resource type; default :records
:params	search options hash; default {}

params

params.keys	Description
:rq	search query hash; default {}
:limit	how many records to return in total; default 100
:offset	from which record to start; default 0

require "idigbio_client"

# specimen records search
params = { rq: { genus: "acer" }, limit: 15 }
IdigbioClient.search(params: params)

# setting offset: will start count for 15 records from 11th result
params = { rq: { genus: "acer" }, limit: 15, offset: 10 }
IdigbioClient.search(params: params)

# using non-default type
IdigbioClient.search(type: :mediarecords, params: params)

Show

Method: IdigbioClient.show(uuid)

Takes uuid, returns record associated with UUID. Record can be of any type.

Parameters	Type	Description
uuid	String	UUID

require "idigbio_client"

IdigbioClient.show("1c29be70-24e7-480b-aab1-61224ded0f34")

Stats

Method: IdigbioClient.count(opts)

Returns the number of records of a specified type

opts.keys	Type	Description
:type	String or Symbol	resource type; default :records
:params	Hash	search options hash; default {}

require "idigbio_client"

IdigbioClient.count
IdigbioClient.count(type: :recordsets)
IdigbioClient.count(type: :mediarecords, params: { rq: { genus: "acer" } })

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release to create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/[my-github-username]/idigbio_client/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request

Copyright

Authors -- Greg Traub, Dmitry Mozzherin

Copyright (c) 2015 Greg Traub, Dmitry Mozzherin See LICENSE for details.