# Interface to the Global 'Biodiversity' Information Facility API

## Documentation for package ‘rgbif’ version 1.3.0

- DESCRIPTION file.
- User guides, package vignettes and other documentation.

## Help Pages

rgbif-package | Interface to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility API.
as.download | Import a downloaded file from GBIF.
as.download.character | Import a downloaded file from GBIF.
as.download.download | Import a downloaded file from GBIF.
check_wkt | Check input WKT
count_facet | Facetted count occurrence search.
datasets | Search for datasets and dataset metadata.
dataset_metrics | Get details on a GBIF dataset.
dataset_search | Search datasets in GBIF.
dataset_suggest | Suggest datasets in GBIF.
downloads | Downloads interface
elevation | Get elevation for lat/long points from a data.frame or list of points.
enumeration | Enumerations.
enumeration_country | Enumerations.
gbif_bbox2wkt | Convert a bounding box to a Well Known Text polygon, and a WKT to a bounding box
gbif_citation | Get citation for datasets used
gbif_issues | Table of GBIF issues, with codes used in data output, full issue name, and descriptions.
gbif_names | View highlighted terms in name results from GBIF.
gbif_oai | GBIF registry data via OAI-PMH
gbif_oai_get_records | GBIF registry data via OAI-PMH
gbif_oai_identify | GBIF registry data via OAI-PMH
gbif_oai_list_identifiers | GBIF registry data via OAI-PMH
gbif_oai_list_metadataformats | GBIF registry data via OAI-PMH
gbif_oai_list_records | GBIF registry data via OAI-PMH
gbif_oai_list_sets | GBIF registry data via OAI-PMH
gbif_photos | View photos from GBIF.
gbif_wkt2bbox | Convert a bounding box to a Well Known Text polygon, and a WKT to a bounding box
installations | Installations metadata.
isocodes | Table of country two character ISO codes, and GBIF names
many-values | Many value inputs to some parameters
map_fetch | Fetch aggregated density maps of GBIF occurrences
name_backbone | Lookup names in the GBIF backbone taxonomy.
name_issues | Table of GBIF name usage issues, with codes used in data output, full issue name, and descriptions.
name_lookup | Lookup names in all taxonomies in GBIF.
name_suggest | A quick and simple autocomplete service that returns up to 20 name usages by doing prefix matching against the scientific name. Results are ordered by relevance.
name_usage | Lookup details for specific names in all taxonomies in GBIF.
networks | Networks metadata.
nodes | Nodes metadata.
occ_count | Get number of occurrence records.
occ_data | Search for GBIF occurrences - simplified for speed
occ_download | Spin up a download request for GBIF occurrence data.
occ_download_cancel | Cancel a download creation process.
occ_download_cancel_staged | Cancel a download creation process.
occ_download_datasets | List datasets for a download
occ_download_dataset_activity | Lists the downloads activity of a dataset
occ_download_get | Get a download from GBIF.
occ_download_import | Import a downloaded file from GBIF.
occ_download_list | Lists the downloads created by a user.
occ_download_meta | Retrieves the occurrence download metadata by its unique key.
occ_download_prep | Spin up a download request for GBIF occurrence data.
occ_download_queue | Download requests in a queue
occ_facet | Facet GBIF occurrences
occ_fields | Vector of fields in the output for the function 'occ_search()'
occ_get | Get data for specific GBIF occurrences.
occ_issues | Parse and examine further GBIF issues on a dataset
occ_issues_lookup | Lookup occurrence issue definitions and short codes
occ_metadata | Search for catalog numbers, collection codes, collector names, and institution codes.
occ_search | Search for GBIF occurrences
occ_spellcheck | Spell check search term for occurrence searches
organizations | Organizations metadata.
parsenames | Parse taxon names using the GBIF name parser.
rgbif | Interface to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility API.
rgbif-defunct | Defunct functions in rgbif
rgb_country_codes | Look up 2 character ISO country codes
taxrank | Get the possible values to be used for (taxonomic) rank arguments in GBIF API methods.
typestatus | Type status options for GBIF searching
wkt_parse | parse wkt into smaller bits