Batch updates of amphibian taxonomies
Taxonomies of amphibians are constantly being updated as new research introduces new findings, and updates to the tree of life. Therefore, amphibNames is a tool to allow batch updating of amphibian taxonomy strings in the form of genus-species. Each entry is looked up in (currently) two databases, and the most recent taxonomy assigned to that organism is retrieved and written to an output file, available for download. The databases amphibNames uses are the Amphibian Species of the World, and AmphibiaWeb.
Here is a GIF of amphibNames in action:
Docker is a lightweight Linux tool which uses containers for easy deployment. Assuming docker is set-up and installed, first pull the image:
docker pull kevinxchan/amphibnames
And then run docker:
docker run -d -p 3000:3000 kevinxchan/amphibnames
amphibNames will now be available at localhost:3000 in your browser.
amphibNames is a Node.js web application, and uses npm for dependency management. Clone this repository, and install all dependencies.
git clone https://github.com/kevinxchan/amphibNames.git && cd amphibNames
npm install
To start the application, run
npm start
If everything was installed correctly, you should see this in the terminal:
Server listening on port 3000
amphibNames is now available at localhost:3000 in your browser.