Global Names Resolver

gn.datasources()

Get data sources for the Global Names Resolver.

Retrieve data sources used in Global Names Index, see

http://gni.globalnames.org/ for information.

Usage:

# all data sources
from pytaxize import gn
gn.gnr.datasources()

gn.resolve(source=None, format='json', resolve_once='false', with_context='false', best_match_only='false', header_only='false', preferred_data_sources='false', http='get')

Uses the Global Names Resolver to resolve scientific names

Parameters:

• names – List of taxonomic names
• source – Source to pull from, one of x, y, z
• format – One of json or xml
• resolve_once – Logical, true or false
• with_context – Return context with taxonomic names
• best_match_only – Logical, if true (default) return the best match only
• header_only – Return header only, logical
• preferred_data_sources – Return only preferred data sources.
• http – The HTTP method to use, one of “get” or “post”. Default=”get”

Usage:

from pytaxize import gn
gn.resolve('Helianthus annus')
gn.resolve(['Helianthus annus','Poa annua'])

Global Names Index

gn.parse()

Uses the Global Names Index to parse scientific names

Parameters:names – List of scientific names.

Usage:

from pytaxize import gn
gn.gni.parse(names = ['Cyanistes caeruleus','Helianthus annuus'])

gn.search(per_page=30, page=1)

Search for names against the Global names index

Parameters:

• search_term – Search term
• per_page – Items to return per page
• page – Page to return

Usage:

from pytaxize import gn
gn.gni.search(search_term = 'ani*')

gn.details(all_records=1)

Usage:

from pytaxize import gn
gn.gni.details(id = 17802847)