The ArctosR package provides a set of functions to help users
perform requests to the Arctos API to download data. It provides a set of
builder classes for performing complex requests, as well as a set of simple
functions for automating many common requests and workflows.
About Arctos
Arctos is a collection management information system serving over 5 million records from natural and cultural history collections. Arctos integrates access to collections from disciplines such as anthropology, botany, entomology, ethnology, herpetology, geology, ichthyology, mammalogy, mineralogy, ornithology, paleontology, parasitology, as well as archival and cultural collections. The Arctos database is accessible through a web interface at https://arctos.database.museum/ More information about Arctos, can be found at https://arctosdb.org/about/, and in Cicero et al. (2024) doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0296478.
Functions in ArctosR
get_query_parameters, get_result_parameters,
get_record_count, get_records,
check_for_status, get_error_response,
get_last_response_url,
response_data, save_response_rds,
read_response_rds, save_response_csv,
expand_column
Author
Maintainer: Harlan R. Williams harlanrhwilliams@gmail.com
Authors:
Marlon E. Cobos manubio13@gmail.com
Jocelyn P. Colella colella@ku.edu
Michelle S. Koo mkoo@berkeley.edu
Vijay Barve vijay.barve@gmail.com