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p/insects-api
A JSON REST API for Insects
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Insects API - A JSON API to explore the insect data-set
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2yr ago
Explore the data set of 40511 insects on bugguide.net! At present, the API only delivers the common name, genus, species, family, order and bugguide.net URL information.
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š Hey folks! As mentioned above, the data-set is from bugguide.net. Data can be parsed as JSON. Access to the bugs.verfasor.com doesn't require a token-based authentication. Please use it for development and testing only. And kindly avoid sending too many requests to Vercel, who's hosting the REST API. š Visit
https://github.com/verfasor/Insecta
š Example queries White space between the words are fine, mmkay. š General query GET
https://bugs.verfasor.com/api?q=Soldier%20Beetle.
š Query a Common Name GET
https://bugs.verfasor.com/api?q=Soldier%20Beetle
š Query a Genus GET
https://bugs.verfasor.com/api?Genus=Chauliognathus
š Query Species GET
https://bugs.verfasor.com/api?Species=pensylvanicus
š Query a Family GET
https://bugs.verfasor.com/api?Family=Cantharidae
š Query an Order GET
https://bugs.verfasor.com/api?Order=Coleoptera.
š Query a Bug Guide ID GET
https://bugs.verfasor.com/api?BugGuideID=438
š Query combination and filter GET
https://bugs.verfasor.com/api?Order=Coleoptera&q=beetle
š Python script I've created an example Python script to fetch random data at once. Available at:
https://github.com/verfasor/Insecta/blob/master/random-bug.py
š Disclaimer The Insects JSON REST API is actually in the alpha stage, which implies that "bugs" and issues may still remain undiscovered until this phase of testing is complete. The alpha stage also means that the data may be corrupted, is not 100% validated or complete, and is subject to change. Finally, services may have downtime and the API schemas and calls are subject to change
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Berk Aydin
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congratulations on the launch and thanks for sharing your work! I'll launch VSC and give this a go later. :)
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2yr ago
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Binay Singh
Scalenut
Cool concept guys!! Congratulations!!
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Usama Ejaz
SocialBu
This is a great product that will help people learn about insects. It is very user friendly and has a lot of great features.
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2yr ago
Varun Razora
What kind of details about insects would I expect from API? because the Github and JSON response doesn't say much to me.
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Veronika
What a lovely project!!
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