index-herbariorum-python-client =====================

A python client library for the Index Herbariorum API.

To contribute code to this project, please submit a pull request to the repo on github:

https://github.com/jlramirez/index-herbariorum-python-client

Installation

pip install indexherbariorum

Usage

Get all available countries

import indexherbariorum

ih = indexherbariorum.init()
countries_result = ih.countries()

Search for an institution by code

import indexherbariorum

ih = indexherbariorum.init()
institution_result = ih.institution('ala')

Search institutions by matching a specified query

import indexherbariorum

ih = indexherbariorum.init()
institutions_result = ih.institutions(rq={'state': 'california', 'city': 'los angeles'})

Search staff by matching a specified query

import indexherbariorum

ih = indexherbariorum.init()
staff_result = ih.staff(rq={'state': 'new york', 'correspondent': 'yes'})

Get number of countries

import indexherbariorum

ih = indexherbariorum.init()
count = ih.count_countries()

Get number of institution records based on search

import indexherbariorum

ih = indexherbariorum.init()
count = ih.count_institutions(rq={'country': 'colombia', 'city': 'medellin'})

Get number of staff records based on search

import indexherbariorum

ih = indexherbariorum.init()
count = ih.count_staff(rq={'state': 'texas', 'correspondent': 'yes'})

Download CSV file

import indexherbariorum

ih = indexherbariorum.init()
ih.download('staff', rq={'state': 'new york', 'correspondent': 'yes'}, filename='ny_staff.csv')