IDigBio API: Difference between revisions

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Programmatic Search is a special case. See the section [[#Searching iDigBio]] below for more information.
Programmatic Search is a special case. See the section [[#Searching iDigBio]] below for more information.
== Specification ==
The current [[iDigBio API v1 Specification]] includes detailed information about the API endpoints, parameters, and values.
== Examples ==
The [[iDigBio API Examples]] page contains many more examples of the iDigBio API in action.


== Quick Start ==
== Quick Start ==
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;<pre>http://api.idigbio.org/{api_version}{endpoint}{optional_parameters}</pre>
;<pre>http://api.idigbio.org/{api_version}{endpoint}{optional_parameters}</pre>
Experienced programmers may wish to jump straight to the [[iDigBio API v1 Specification]] or read through the [[iDigBio API Examples]] which contains many more examples of the iDigBio API in action.


;Simple Example - Curculionidae
;Simple Example - Curculionidae
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The [[iDigBio API Examples]] page shows how to drill down into this specimen record and retrieve an image associated with the specimen, as well as how one might search to locate the specimen record in the first place.
The [[iDigBio API Examples]] page shows how to drill down into this specimen record and retrieve an image associated with the specimen, as well as how one might search to locate the specimen record in the first place.
== iDigBio API Specification ==
The current [[iDigBio API v1 Specification]] includes detailed information about the API endpoints, parameters, and values.


== Endpoint Properties ==
== Endpoint Properties ==
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