OJ Break API Reference

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Introduction

OJ_Break is the name of the xBio:D RESTful(-like) API service to facilitate discovery of data within the xBio:D database. The API responds exclusively in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and accepts only HTTP GET and POST requests indiscriminately unlike a true REST API. Built using Oracle's PL/SQL database language, the API is fast but often inflexible and inconsistent, so take note of all of the comments below.


Overview

All API requests must be formatted by first selecting the OJ_Break library then specifying the API method. Also, each method must include a callback argument even if a callback function is unnecessary (e.g. jQuery AJAX requests).

The format for API calls is: http://osuc.biosci.ohio-state.edu/hymDB/OJ_Break.[method]?[argument1]=[value1]&...

  • Example: http://osuc.biosci.ohio-state.edu/hymDB/OJ_Break.getTaxonInfo?tnuid=5012&callback=test
  • Response: test({"taxon":"Oxyscelio consobrinus","author":"(Kieffer)","status":"Subsequent name/combination","rank":"Species","valid":"Valid","fossil":"N","rel_type":"Member",...


Procedural Reference

Taxon

getTaxonStats

Description

Get some basic taxonomic statistics for a taxon from a tnuid.

Parameters
  • tnuid: number
  • callback: string
Return
  • taxon: string
  • author: string
  • stats: taxon_stats
Example

http://osuc.biosci.ohio-state.edu/hymDB/OJ_Break.getTaxonStats?tnuid=30148&callback=api

getTaxonInfo

Description

Get some basic taxonomic information for a taxon from a tnuid.

Parameters
  • tnuid: number
  • inst_id: number
  • callback: string
Return
  • taxon_rel_extended class with below extensions
  • valid_taxon: taxon_basic (only present when defined)
  • parent_taxon: taxon_basic
  • hier: taxon_hierarchy
  • source: taxon_source
  • common_names: array of common_name
  • orig_desc: contrib_literature_basic (only present when defined)
  • stats: taxon_info_stats
  • contribs: array of contribution
Example

http://osuc.biosci.ohio-state.edu/hymDB/OJ_Break.getTaxonInfo?tnuid=30148&inst_id=0&callback=api

getTaxonHierarchy

Description

Get the taxonomic hierarachy in which a taxon is at the terminal node from a tnuid.

Parameters
  • tnuid: number
  • callback: string
Return
  • taxon: string
  • author: string
  • hier: taxon_hierarchy
Example

http://osuc.biosci.ohio-state.edu/hymDB/OJ_Break.getTaxonHierarchy?tnuid=30148&callback=api

getIncludedTaxa

Description

Get the taxa that are directly included within a taxon but not synonymous with it.

Parameters
  • tnuid: number
  • inst_id: number
  • showSyns: string
  • showFossils: string
  • types_only: string
  • show_num_spms: boolean_flag
  • callback: string
Return
  • tnuid: number
  • parent_tnuid: number
  • includedTaxa: array of taxon_extended
Example

http://osuc.biosci.ohio-state.edu/hymDB/OJ_Break.getIncludedTaxa?tnuid=491&inst_id=0&showSyns=Y&showFossils=Y&types_only=N&show_num_spms=Y&callback=api

getTaxonSynonyms

Description

Get the taxa that are objective or subjectively synonymous with a taxon.

Parameters
  • tnuid: number
  • showFossils: string
  • callback: string
Return
  • synonyms: array of taxon_rel_extended
Example

http://osuc.biosci.ohio-state.edu/hymDB/OJ_Break.getTaxonSynonyms?tnuid=30148&showFossils=Y&callback=api

getLocalities

Description

Get the localities from vouchered and unvouchered records for a taxon.

Parameters
  • tnuid: number
  • inst_id: number
  • precDecimals: number
  • showChildren: string
  • callback: string
Return
  • localities: array of loc_coords
Example

http://osuc.biosci.ohio-state.edu/hymDB/OJ_Break.getLocalities?tnuid=30148&inst_id=0&precDecimals=4&showChildren=Y&callback=api

getLocalities

Description

Get the localities within geopolitical division from vouchered and unvouchered records for a taxon.

Parameters
  • tnuid: number
  • pnids: array of pnid
  • inst_id: number
  • precDecimals: number
  • showChildren: string
  • callback: string
Return
  • localities: array of loc_coords
Example

http://osuc.biosci.ohio-state.edu/hymDB/OJ_Break.getLocalities?tnuid=30148&pnids=5816,5735&inst_id=0&precDecimals=4&showChildren=Y&callback=api



Method Return Description
getCuids(tnuids:array of number, pnids:array of number, callback:string)
getCuids(tnuid:number, showChildren:Y|N, inst_id:number, pnids:array of number, callback:string)
getTypes(tnuid:number, showSyns:Y|N, inst_id:number, primary_only:Y|N, taxon_author_search:string, offset:number, limit:number, callback:string)
getInsts(tnuid:number, callback:string)
getTaxonLiterature(tnuid:number, showSyns:Y|N, callback:string)
getAssociations(tnuid:number, rank_grouping:string, callback:string)
getHabitats(tnuid:number, callback:string)
getTaxonImages(tnuid:number, callback:string)
getTaxonBreakdown(tnuid:number, callback:string)
getTaxonPhenology(tnuid:number, callback:string)
getTaxonNewTaxaByPub(tnuid:number, validOnly:Y|N, callback:string)
getTaxonNewTaxaByYear(tnuid:number, validOnly:Y|N, callback:string)
getTaxonStatsForYear(tnuid:number, stats_year:number, callback:string)


Occurrence / Specimen

Method Return Description
getSpmInfo(cuid:string, callback:string)
getSpmsInfo(cuids:array of string, callback:string)


Locality

Method Return Description
getLocalityInfo(locID:number, tnuid:number, inst_id:number, per_id:number, pnid:number, showChildren:Y|N, completeSpmInfo:Y|N, callback:string)


Place / Geopolitical Entity

Method Return Description
getPlaceInfo(place_id:number, callback:string)
getSubdivisions(place_id:number, callback:string)
getGeoTaxa(place_id:number, callback:string)
getGeoCollTrips(place_id:number, callback:string)
getGeoCollTrips2(place_id:number, callback:string)
getGeoInsts(place_id:number, callback:string)


Literature

Method Return Description
getLitReference(pub_id:number, callback:string)
getLitParts(pub_id:number, callback:string)
getPubTaxonCitation(pub_id:number, callback:string)
getPubAssocCitation(pub_id:number, callback:string)


Journal

Method Return Description
getJournalInfo(jrnl_id:number, callback:string)
getJournalPubs(jrnl_id:number, callback:string)
getJournalTaxa(jrnl_id:number, callback:string)


Institution

Method Return Description
getCollectionInfo(inst_id:number, callback:string)
getPrimaryTypes(inst_id:number, callback:string)
getSecondaryTypes(inst_id:number, callback:string)
getInstTaxa(inst_id:number, callback:string)
getInstCollTrips2(inst_id:number, callback:string)
getInstPubs(inst_id:number, callback:string)


Unvouchered Record

Method Return Description
getUnvoucheredRecord(unv_id:number, callback:string)
getUnvoucheredRecords(tnuid:number, showChildren:Y|N, pnids:array of number, callback:string)
getUnvoucheredRecords(tnuids:array of number, pnids:array of number, callback:string)
getUnvLocalityInfo(locID:number, tnuid:number, per_id:number, pnid:number, showChildren:Y|N, callback:string)


Text Search

Method Return Description
getSearchResults(name:string, limit:number, categoryLimit:string, callback:string)
getTaxaFromText(name:string, limit:number, nameOnly:Y|N, callback:string)
getCuidsFromText(name:string, limit:number, callback:string)
getAgentsFromText(name:string, limit:number, includeParty:Y|N, callback:string)
getInstFromText(name:string, limit:number, callback:string)
getJournalsFromText(name:string, limit:number, callback:string)
getOrgsFromText(name:string, limit:number, callback:string)
getPlacesFromText(name:string, limit:number, callback:string)
getLocalitiesFromText(name:string, limit:number, callback:string)
getCollMethodsFromText(name:string, limit:number, callback:string)

Data Type Glossary

OJ_Break API Data Type Glossary

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