API search on occurrenceID fails

[tucotuco]

The accepted structure of an API search based on an occurrenceID is of the form shown in the following example:

http://api.vertnet-portal.appspot.com/api/search?q={%22q%22:%22occurrenceid:7108667e-1483-4d04-b204-6a44a73a5219%22}

Parsing of this format fails for occurrenceIDs that have a ':' in the content, as that is used as a keyword designator. For example,

http://api.vertnet-portal.appspot.com/api/search?q={%22q%22:%22occurrenceid:urn:catalog:CRCM:Mammals:13-127%22}

[sckott]

looking forward to this fix 😄 Any idea what proportion of occurrence ids have this problem?

[sckott]

any update on this?

[tucotuco]

The current index has occurrenceIDs in the iptrecordid field. I'm having one of those, "What was I thinking moments." I think it is because this is where the occurrenceID HAD to go in earlier versions of the IPT. In any case, that is where they are, and they can be queried using a pattern that escape quotes the exact string you want to match. For example,

http://api.vertnet-portal.appspot.com/api/search?q={"q":"iptrecordid:\"urn:occurrence:Arctos:CUMV:Amph:10008:2243441\""}

I have updated the API documentation to explain this.

[sckott]

great, thanks