NatureServe Web Services
Global Species Name Search (public)
- Description
- This is a service that returns basic information about species found using a name search. The search will return zero, one, or many results. The typical reason for running this search is to obtain the species UID which can be used in a subsequent call to retrieve more information about that species.
- Service Restrictions
- This is a standard service that can be installed at any node, and may return species and UID values for species that are not available via NatureServe Explorer.
- Request URL
- {baseURL}/idd/rest/v1/globalSpecies/list/nameSearch?
Request Parameters:
- Parameter
- Name
- Value
- string (required)
- Description
- The search string. May use asterisks for wildcard searching. Unlike "google" search, mutliple terms must be in the correct order. E.g., "frog*yellow" will not find "the yellow frog", but "the*frog" will find "the yellow frog".
Response Fields:
The schema document for this service response is located at http://services.natureserve.org/docs/schemas/biodiversityDataFlow
/1/0/NatureServeResultContainers_v1.0.xsd.
See the User Friendly Documents for field details: http://services.natureserve.org/docs/schemas/biodiversityDataFlow
/1/0/documentation_speciesSearchResult_v1.0.xml