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== Searching iDigBio == | == Searching iDigBio == | ||
While iDigBio does not currently provide Search API endpoints to faciliate queries via the API, we do offer direct access to the backend Elasticsearch index servers. This is the same interface that is used by the iDigBio Portal search to query Elasticsearch | While iDigBio does not currently provide Search API endpoints to faciliate queries via the API, we do offer direct access to the backend Elasticsearch index servers. Elasticsearch provides Lucene-style indexes for querying which return JSON formatted data. This is the same interface that is used by the iDigBio Portal search to query Elasticsearch. | ||
Direct queries to the iDigBio Elasticsearch service should be considered an Advanced operation. | '''Direct queries to the iDigBio Elasticsearch service should be considered an Advanced operation.''' | ||
The iDigBio Elasticsearch service is accessed via the base URL: | The iDigBio Elasticsearch service is accessed via the base URL: | ||