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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. | 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. | ||
'''Direct queries to the iDigBio Elasticsearch service should be considered an Advanced operation.''' | |||
=== Elasticsearch Overview === | === 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. | 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. | ||
More information about querying an Elastic Search server can be found at: http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/0.90/query-dsl.html | More information about querying an Elastic Search server can be found at: http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/0.90/query-dsl.html | ||