Taxa

Taxa allows users to search multiple taxonomic data sources. Currently only Open Tree of Life and EOL classic APIs are implemented.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'taxa'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install taxa

Usage

tol_client = Taxa::OpenTreeOfLife::Client.new
tol_client.tnrs.match_names('Cotyledon') # can be an array or a string

eol_client = Taxa::EOLClassic::Client.new
eol_client.hierarchy_entries(7834469)

powo_client = Taxa::PlantsOfTheWorldOnline::Client.new
powo_client.search('Crassula alata')
powo_client.search('Crassula', ['species_f', 'has_images'])
powo_client.search('family:Crassulaceae', ['species_f', 'has_images'])

For Plants of the World Online please see their official python library for available search terms: https://github.com/RBGKew/pykew#available-search-terms-1

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/ssherman/taxa. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the Taxa project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.