Names endpoint

[sckott]

Would be great to have a /names endpoint - perhaps with parameters for querying/filtering

[mjcollin]

For a reference: http://www.gbif.org/developer/species

There are a lot of things GBIF does that are not in scope and we don't have data for but these are some things others are doing with names.

[sckott]

Right, makes sense. if this is out of scope, no worries

[mjcollin]

Really, I was implying that GBIF has more/different data than us and some of the functions might not be possible.

I'd like to find some functions that we can do though. A "distinct names from this query" end point seems obvious start.

[debpaul]

This would be a great place to start.

[sckott]

i guess this is related to #1

[sckott]

Any news on this?

[godfoder]

No movement on a names endpoint per-se, but the beta search api (http://beta-search.idigbio.org/v2/search/records) is currently pointed at a prototype index that has GBIF taxonIDs and canonical names filled out for many of the records (39/56 Million). A combination of GBIF's API and ours would allow you search for a specific taxonID, then search idigbio for that taxon ID.

Ex: Puma concolor
http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/match?verbose=true&kingdom=animalia&name=puma%20concolor

TaxonID: 2435099

https://beta-search.idigbio.org/v2/search/records?rq={%22taxonid%22:2435099}

[sckott]

Nice, seems like a useful feature - being able to search for occurrences in idig based on gbif taxon ids