Metadata operations

This client connects to all Metadata-related endpoints of the NBA. Each endpoint is available as a class method (see section 'Methods' below). Optionally, a custom URL pointing to a NBA server and a user Agent can be specified by the user (see section 'Fields' below).

# client <- MetadataClient$new()

Format

R6 class

Fields

basePath

Stores url path of the request, defaults to http://api.biodiversitydata.nl/v2

userAgent

Set the user agent of the request, defaults to nbaR/0.1.0

Methods

get_allowed_date_formats

Get allowed values for dates in queries; Queries with other formatted dates will result in a query error. Parameters:

• ... : additional parameters passed to httr::GET

Returns: character

get_controlled_list_phase_or_stage

Get allowed values for the field 'PhaseOrStage' in a specimen document; See also endpoint /getControlledLists. Parameters:

• ... : additional parameters passed to httr::GET

Returns: character

get_controlled_list_sex

Get allowed values for the field 'Sex' in a specimen document; See also endpoint /getControlledLists. Parameters:

• ... : additional parameters passed to httr::GET

Returns: character

get_controlled_list_specimen_type_status

Get allowed values for the field 'SpecimenTypeStatus' in a specimen document; See also endpoint /getControlledLists. Parameters:

• ... : additional parameters passed to httr::GET

Returns: character

get_controlled_list_taxonomic_status

Get allowed values for the field 'TaxonomicStatus' in specimen and taxon documents; See also endpoint /getControlledLists. Parameters:

• ... : additional parameters passed to httr::GET

Returns: character

get_controlled_lists

Get the names of fields for which a controlled vocabulary exists; Possible values for fields with controlled vocabularies can be queried with metadata/getControlledList/field. Parameters:

• ... : additional parameters passed to httr::GET

Returns: character

get_rest_services

List all available REST services and their parameters; Lists end point name, http method, response type, and URL. Parameters:

• ... : additional parameters passed to httr::GET

Returns: RestService

get_setting

Get the value of an NBA setting; All settings can be queried with /metadata/getSettings. Parameters:

• name : name of setting

• ... : additional parameters passed to httr::GET

Returns: list

get_settings

List all publicly available configuration settings for the NBA; The value of a specific setting can be queried with metadata/getSetting/name. Parameters:

• ... : additional parameters passed to httr::GET

Returns: list

get_source_systems

Get the data sources from which the data was retrieved; Returns code and name of all source systems. Parameters:

• ... : additional parameters passed to httr::GET

Returns: SourceSystem