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== Quick Start == | == Quick Start == | ||
iDigBio API endpoints follow the general form: | iDigBio API endpoints follow the the following general form: | ||
;<pre>http://api.idigbio.org/{api_version}{endpoint}{optional_parameters}</pre> | ;<pre>http://api.idigbio.org/{api_version}{endpoint}{optional_parameters}</pre> | ||
; | In nearly all cases, a successful API request returns data as a JSON-formatted document. | ||
;Quick Start Example - Curculionidae | |||
Let us say that we have already located the specimen record for a particular Curculionidae specimen (a family of weevils). The specimen record for our particular example is identified by the following iDigBio GUID: | Let us say that we have already located the specimen record for a particular Curculionidae specimen (a family of weevils). The specimen record for our particular example is identified by the following iDigBio GUID: | ||