Download taxonomic databases

Download taxonomic databases

Usage

db_download_ncbi(verbose = TRUE, overwrite = FALSE)

db_download_itis(verbose = TRUE, overwrite = FALSE)

db_download_tpl(verbose = TRUE, overwrite = FALSE)

db_download_wfo(verbose = TRUE, overwrite = FALSE)

db_download_col(verbose = TRUE, overwrite = FALSE)

db_download_gbif(verbose = TRUE, overwrite = FALSE)

db_download_wikidata(verbose = TRUE, overwrite = FALSE)

Arguments

verbose

(logical) Print messages. Default: TRUE

overwrite

(logical) If TRUE force an update by overwriting previously downloaded data. Default: FALSE

Value

(character) path to the downloaded SQL database

Details

Downloads sql database, cleans up unneeded files, returns path to sql file

Note

The Plant List (TPL) is no longer accessible. If you have a copy of the sqlite database you can still use the rest of the TPL functions with it. We suggest using the World Flora Online (WFO) database as a replacement.

See also

tdb_cache

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# ITIS
db_download_itis()
src_itis()

# Plantlist
db_download_tpl()
src_tpl()

# COL
db_download_col()
src_col()

# GBIF
db_download_gbif()
src_gbif()

# NCBI
db_download_ncbi()
src_ncbi()

# Wikidata
db_download_wikidata()
db_download_wikidata(overwrite=TRUE) # overwrite - download again
src_wikidata()

# World Flora Online
db_download_wfo()
src_wfo()
} # }