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Hub

Functions for interfacing with vbdhub.

filter_db()
Filter hub search results by database
search_hub()
Search vbdhub.org

VecTraits

Functions for interfacing with VecTraits.

fetch_citations_vt()
Retrieve citations for vectraits data
fetch_glean_vt_chunked()
Get and parse multiple VecTraits datasets by ID in chunks
fetch_vt()
Fetch VecTraits dataset/s by ID
find_vt_ids()
Get current IDs in VecTraits
generate_vt_template()
Generate a vectraits template from a short set of survey responses
glean_vt()
Parse data from requests to VecTraits
search_vt()
Search VecTraits by keyword
search_vt_smart()
Search VecTraits using the explorer's filters

VecDyn

Functions for interfacing with VecDyn.

fetch_citations_vd()
Retrieve citations for vecdyn data
fetch_glean_vd_chunked()
Fetch and parse multiple VecDyn datasets by ID in chunks
fetch_vd()
Fetch VecDyn dataset/s by ID
fetch_vd_counts()
Fetch VecDyn dataset length by ID
find_vd_columns()
Get current columns in VecDyn datasets
find_vd_ids()
Get current IDs in VecDyn
glean_vd()
Parse data from requests to VecDyn
search_vd()
Search VecDyn by keyword
search_vd_smart()
Search VecDyn using the explorer's filters

GBIF

Functions for interfacing with GBIF.

fetch_gbif()
Fetch GBIF dataset/s by ID
glean_gbif()
Parse data from requests to GBIF

AREAdata

Functions for interfacing with AREAdata.

assoc_ad()
Associate other data sources with AREAdata data
fetch_ad()
Fetch AREAdata dataset
fetch_gadm_sfs()
Fetch gadm mapping shapefiles
glean_ad()
Extract data from AREAdata datasets

Convenience

Convenient generalised functions for working with a range of data.

fetch()
Fetch specified data from a set of ids
fetch_citations()
Try to find the relevant citations for a dataset
glean()
Extract specified data from a set of responses
has_db()
Test whether an object has provenance information
is_from()
Test whether an object is considered to be from a particular database
ohvbd_db() `ohvbd_db<-`()
Database provenance

Other

Miscellaneous functions.

assoc_gadm()
Associate other data sources with gadm IDs
check_db_status()
Check whether databases are currently online
check_ohvbd_config()
Print current ohvbd configuration variables
clean_ad_cache()
Delete all rda files from ohvbd AREAdata cache
extract()
Extract specified data from a set of responses (Deprecated)
force_db()
Force an object to appear to come from a specific database
format_time_overlap_bar()
Format and print date overlaps
is_cached()
Check whether an object has been loaded from cache by ohvbd
ohvbd.ids()
Create a new ohvbd ID vector
set_ohvbd_compat()
Set ohvbd compatability mode to TRUE
tee()
Tee a pipeline to extract the data at a given point

Base requests

Functions for modifying the basic targets of data API requests

ad_basereq()
Generate a base request string for the AREAdata database
vb_basereq()
Generate a base request object for the vectorbyte databases