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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. 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. | 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 Overview === | |||
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.''' | ||