PhyloServicesDescription.md

Phylotastic Web Services OLD Documentation

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Web Service 1.

Service Name: Find Scientific Names on web pages

Service Description: A service to find scientific names on web pages, PDFs, Microsoft Office documents, images.

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/fn/names_url

HTTP Method: GET

Input Format: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: url

• Category: mandatory

• Data Type: string

• Description: an encoded URL for a web page, PDF, Microsoft Office document, or image file

• Name: engine

• Category: optional

• Data Type: integer

• Description: a integer value to specify which search engine (TaxonFinder or NetiNeti) to use. By default it is 0 which means it will use both engines. Value 1 means TaxonFinder and 2 means NetiNeti

Examples:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/fn/names_url?url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/fn/names_url?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_pigeon&engine=1

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/fn/names_url?url=http://www.fws.gov/westvirginiafieldoffice/PDF/beechridgehcp/Appendix_D_Table_D-1.pdf

Citation: http://gnrd.globalnames.org/

Service Quality:

• Restrictions on capacity:
• Restrictions on scope:
• Expected response time: 5s~12s
• Informative message:
  • when service is down --
  • when malformed input is provided --
• Uptime:

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Web Service 2.

Service Name: Find Scientific Names on free-form text

Service Description: A service to find scientific names on free-form text.

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/fn/names_text

HTTP Method: GET

Input Format: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: text

• Category: mandatory

• Data Type: string

• Description: text content

• Name: engine

• Category: optional

• Data Type: integer

• Description: a integer value to specify which search engine (TaxonFinder or NetiNeti) to use. By default it is 0 which means it will use both engines. Value 1 means TaxonFinder and 2 means NetiNeti

Examples:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/fn/names_text?text=The lemon dove (Columba larvata) is a species of bird in the pigeon family Columbidae found in montane forests of sub-Saharan Africa.&engine=2

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/fn/names_text?text=Formica polyctena is a species of European red wood ant in the genus Formica. The pavement ant, Tetramorium caespitum is an ant native to Europe. Pseudomyrmex is a genus of stinging, wasp-like ants. Adetomyrma venatrix is an endangered species of ants endemic to Madagascar. Carebara diversa is a species of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. It is found in many Asian countries.

Citation: http://gnrd.globalnames.org/

Service Quality:

• Restrictions on capacity:
• Restrictions on scope:
• Expected response time: 5s~12s
• Informative message:
  • when service is down --
  • when malformed input is provided --
• Uptime:

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Web Service 3.

Service Name: Resolve Scientific Names with Open Tree TNRS

Service Description: A service which resolves lists of scientific names against known sources.

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/tnrs/ot/resolve

HTTP Method: GET

Input Format: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: names
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: string
• Description: list of scientific names delimited by pipe "|"

Examples:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/tnrs/ot/resolve?names=Setophaga striata|Setophaga megnolia|Setophaga angilae|Setophaga plumbea|Setophaga virens

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/tnrs/ot/resolve?names=Formica polyctena|Formica exsectoides|Formica pecefica

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/tnrs/ot/names

HTTP Method: POST

Input Format: application/json

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: scientificNames
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: list of string
• Description: list of scientific names to be resolved

Examples:

curl -X POST "http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/tnrs/ot/names" -H "content-type:application/json" -d '{"scientificNames": ["Formica exsectoides", "Formica pecefica", "Formica polyctena"]}'

Citation: https://github.com/OpenTreeOfLife/opentree/wiki/Open-Tree-of-Life-APIs#tnrs

Service Quality:

• Restrictions on capacity:
• Restrictions on scope:
• Expected response time: 3s~10s
• Informative message:
  • when service is down --
  • when malformed input is provided --
• Uptime:

---

Web Service 4.

Service Name: Resolve Scientific Names with GNR TNRS

Service Description: A service which resolves lists of scientific names against known sources.

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/tnrs/gnr/resolve

HTTP Method: GET

Input Format: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: names
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: string
• Description: list of scientific names delimited by pipe "|"

Examples:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/tnrs/gnr/resolve?names=Setophaga striata|Setophaga megnolia|Setophaga angilae|Setophaga plumbea|Setophaga virens

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/tnrs/gnr/resolve?names=Formica polyctena|Formica exsectoides|Formica pecefica

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/tnrs/gnr/names

HTTP Method: POST

Input Format: application/json

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: scientificNames
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: list of string
• Description: list of scientific names to be resolved

Examples:

curl -X POST "http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/tnrs/gnr/names" -H "content-type:application/json" -d '{"scientificNames": ["Formica exsectoides", "Formica pecefica", "Formica polyctena"]}'

Citation: http://resolver.globalnames.org/

Service Quality:

• Restrictions on capacity:
• Restrictions on scope:
• Expected response time: 2s~10s
• Informative message:
  • when service is down --
  • when malformed input is provided --
• Uptime:

---

Web Service 5.

Service Name: Get Phylogenetic Trees from Open Tree of Life

Service Description: A service to get Phylogenetic Trees from Open Tree of life.

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/gt/ot/get_tree

HTTP Method: GET

Input Format: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: taxa
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: string
• Description: list of resolved scientific names delimited by pipe "|"

Examples:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/gt/ot/get_tree?taxa=Crabronidae|Ophiocordyceps|Megalyridae|Formica polyctena|Tetramorium caespitum|Pseudomyrmex|Carebara diversa|Formicinae

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/gt/ot/get_tree?taxa=Setophaga striata|Setophaga magnolia|Setophaga angelae|Setophaga plumbea|Setophaga virens

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/gt/ot/tree

HTTP Method: POST

Input Format: application/json

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: resolvedNames
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: list of string
• Description: list of resolved scientific names

Examples:

curl -X POST "http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/gt/ot/tree" -H "content-type:application/json" -d '{"resolvedNames": [{"match_type": "Exact", "resolver_name": "OT", "matched_name": "Setophaga striata", "search_string": "setophaga strieta", "synonyms": ["Dendroica striata", "Setophaga striata"], "taxon_id": 60236}, {"match_type": "Fuzzy", "resolver_name": "OT", "matched_name": "Setophaga magnolia", "search_string": "setophaga magnolia", "synonyms": ["Dendroica magnolia", "Setophaga magnolia"], "taxon_id": 3597209}, {"match_type": "Exact", "resolver_name": "OT", "matched_name": "Setophaga angelae", "search_string": "setophaga angilae", "synonyms": ["Dendroica angelae", "Setophaga angelae"], "taxon_id": 3597191}, {"match_type": "Exact", "resolver_name": "OT", "matched_name": "Setophaga plumbea", "search_string": "setophaga plambea", "synonyms": ["Dendroica plumbea", "Setophaga plumbea"], "taxon_id": 3597205}, {"match_type": "Fuzzy", "resolver_name": "OT", "matched_name": "Setophaga virens", "search_string": "setophaga virens", "synonyms": ["Dendroica virens", "Setophaga virens"], "taxon_id": 3597195}]}'

Citation: https://github.com/OpenTreeOfLife/opentree/wiki/Open-Tree-of-Life-APIs#tree_of_life

Service Quality:

• Restrictions on capacity:
• Restrictions on scope:
• Expected response time: 3s~10s
• Informative message:
  • when service is down --
  • when malformed input is provided --
• Uptime:

---

Web Service 6.

Service Name: Get all Species from a Taxon

Service Description: A service to get all Species that belong to a particular Taxon.

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/ts/all_species

HTTP Method: GET

Input Format: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: taxon
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: string
• Description: name of a taxon

Examples:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/ts/all_species?taxon=Vulpes

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/ts/all_species?taxon=Canidae

Citation:

• https://github.com/OpenTreeOfLife/opentree/wiki/Open-Tree-of-Life-APIs#taxonomy

Service Quality:

• Restrictions on capacity:
• Restrictions on scope:
• Expected response time: 3s~15s
• Informative message:
  • when service is down --
  • when malformed input is provided --
• Uptime:

---

Web Service 7.

Service Name: Get all Species from a Taxon filtered by country

Service Description: A service to get all Species that belong to a particular Taxon and established in a particular country.

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/ts/country_species

HTTP Method: GET

Input Format: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: taxon

• Category: mandatory

• Data Type: string

• Description: name of a taxon

• Name: country

• Category: mandatory

• Data Type: string

• Description: name of a country

Examples:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/ts/country_species?taxon=Panthera&country=Bangladesh

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/ts/country_species?taxon=Felidae&country=Nepal

Citation:

• https://github.com/OpenTreeOfLife/opentree/wiki/Open-Tree-of-Life-APIs#taxonomy
• http://www.inaturalist.org/pages/api+reference#get-places

Service Quality:

• Restrictions on capacity:
• Restrictions on scope:
• Expected response time: 3s~20s
• Informative message:
  • when service is down --
  • when malformed input is provided --
• Uptime:

---

Web Service 8.

Service Name: Get image urls of a list of species

Service Description: A service to get image urls and corresponding license information of a list of species from EOL.

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/si/eol/get_images

HTTP Method: GET

Input Format: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: species
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: string
• Description: list of species names delimited by pipe "|"

Examples:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/si/eol/get_images?species=Panthera%20leo|Panthera%20onca|Panthera%20pardus

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/si/eol/images

HTTP Method: POST

Input Format: application/json

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: species
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: list of string
• Description: list of species names

Examples:

curl -X POST http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/si/eol/images -H 'content-type:application/json' -d '{"species": ["Catopuma badia","Catopuma temminckii"]}'

Citation: http://eol.org/api

Service Quality:

• Restrictions on capacity:
• Restrictions on scope:
• Expected response time: 2s~6s
• Informative message:
  • when service is down --
  • when malformed input is provided --
• Uptime:

---

Web Service 9.

Service Name: Get Species (of a Taxon) that have genome sequence in NCBI

Service Description: A service to get subset of Species that belong to a particular Taxon and have genome sequence in NCBI.

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/ts/ncbi/genome_species

HTTP Method: GET

Input Format: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: taxon
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: string
• Description: name of a taxon

Examples:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/ts/ncbi/genome_species?taxon=Panthera

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/ts/ncbi/genome_species?taxon=Rodentia

Citation:

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK25500/#chapter1.Finding_Related_Data_Through_En

Service Quality:

• Restrictions on capacity:
• Restrictions on scope:
• Expected response time: 2s~15s
• Informative message:
  • when service is down --
  • when malformed input is provided --
• Uptime:

---

Web Service 10.

Service Name: Get information urls of a list of species

Service Description: A service to get information urls of a list of species from EOL.

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/sl/eol/get_links

HTTP Method: GET

Input Format: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: species
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: string
• Description: list of species names delimited by pipe "|"

Examples:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/sl/eol/get_links?species=Panthera%20leo|Panthera%20onca|Panthera%20pardus

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/sl/eol/links

HTTP Method: POST

Input Format: application/json

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: species
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: list of string
• Description: list of species names

Examples:

curl -X POST http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/sl/eol/links -H 'content-type:application/json' -d '{"species": ["Catopuma badia","Catopuma temminckii"]}'

Citation: http://eol.org/api

Service Quality:

• Restrictions on capacity:
• Restrictions on scope:
• Expected response time: 2s~6s
• Informative message:
  • when service is down --
  • when malformed input is provided --
• Uptime:

---

Web Service 11.

Service Name: Get lists of species

Service Description: A service to get lists of species that a user of phylotastic web application has published

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5005/phylotastic_ws/sls/get_list

HTTP Method: GET

Input Format: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: user_id
• Category: mandatory/optional
• Data Type: string
• Description: Unique id (valid gmail address) of a phylotastic web application user

Note: user_id parameter is mandatory only if a user wants to view all the lists (public/private) owned by the user_id OR if a user wants to view a specific private list owned by the user_id

user_id parameter is not needed if a user wants to view all available public lists

• Name: list_id
• Category: mandatory/optional
• Data Type: integer
• Description: List id of a specific list

Note: list_id parameter is mandatory only if a user wants to view a specific private list identified by list_id and owned by the user_id OR if a user wants to view a specific public list identified by list_id and owned by other user

• Name: access_token
• Category: mandatory/optional
• Data Type: string
• Description: Access token for the user with user_id (valid gmail address)

Note: access_token parameter is used for authenticating the user with valid gmail address. It is mandatory only if a user wants to view all the lists (public/private) owned by the user_id OR if a user wants to view a specific private list identified by list_id and owned by the user_id

• Name: verbose

• Category: optional

• Data Type: boolean

• Description: It is an optional parameter which is by default false and shows minimal meta-data of the list. When given true it will display all meta-data related to that list and species collection.

• Name: content

• Category: optional

• Data Type: boolean

• Description: It is an optional parameter which is by default true and shows the species collection of the list. When given false it will not display any species collection of the list.

Examples:

Note: access_token values presented below is just used as an example. Testing the urls in the examples using these tokens may not work. The user has to provide a valid unexpired access token for his/her gmail adderss. The procedure for getting an access_token can be found here.

• To get all the public lists available:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5005/phylotastic_ws/sls/get_list

• To get a specific public list with ID 22:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5005/phylotastic_ws/sls/get_list?list_id=22

• To get all lists of user with ID hdail.laughinghouse@gmail.com:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5005/phylotastic_ws/sls/get_list?user_id=hdail.laughinghouse@gmail.com&access_token=ya29..zQLmLjbyujJjwV6RVSM2sy-mkeaKu-9_n7y7iB6uKuL-rHDGp3W2_hPWUSO5uX_OcA

• To get a specific private list with ID 20 and owned by hdail.laughinghouse@gmail.com:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5005/phylotastic_ws/sls/get_list?user_id=hdail.laughinghouse@gmail.com&list_id=20&access_token=ya29..zQLmLjbyujJjwV6RVSM2sy-mkeaKu-9_n7y7iB6uKuL-rHDGp3W2_hPWUSO5uX_OcA

• To get a specific private list (including all metadata available) with ID 20 and owned by hdail.laughinghouse@gmail.com:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5005/phylotastic_ws/sls/get_list?user_id=hdail.laughinghouse@gmail.com&list_id=20&verbose=true&access_token=ya29..zQLmLjbyujJjwV6RVSM2sy-mkeaKu-9_n7y7iB6uKuL-rHDGp3W2_hPWUSO5uX_OcA

Citation:

Service Quality:

• Restrictions on capacity:
• Restrictions on scope:
• Expected response time: 1s~3s
• Informative message:
  • when service is down --
  • when malformed input is provided --
• Uptime:

---

Web Service 12.

Service Name: Post a new list of species

Service Description: A service to insert a new list of species by a phylotastic web application user

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5005/phylotastic_ws/sls/insert_list

HTTP Method: POST

Input Format: application/json

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: user_id

• Category: mandatory

• Data Type: string

• Description: Unique id (valid gmail address) of a phylotastic web application user

• Name: list

• Category: mandatory

• Data Type: complex json list object

• Description: All data and metadata related to the new list of species encapsulated in a complex json object. The complex json list object has the following properties:--

  • Property name: list_title
    • Data type: string
    • Description: title of the new list
  • Property name: list_description
    • Data type: string
    • Description: description of the new list
  • Property name: list_author
    • Data type: an array of strings
    • Description: names of the authors who prepared the new list
  • Property name: list_date_published
    • Data type: string (format: mm-dd-yyyy)
    • Description: date when the new list is being posted
  • Property name: list_curator
    • Data type: string
    • Description: name of the curator of the new list
  • Property name: list_curation_date
    • Data type: string (format: mm-dd-yyyy)
    • Description: date when the new list is being curated
  • Property name: list_source
    • Data type: string
    • Description: source of the new list (url, publication)
  • Property name: list_keywords
    • Data type: an array of strings
    • Description: keywords related to the new list
  • Property name: list_focal_clade
    • Data type: string
    • Description: focal_clade of the new list
  • Property name: list_extra_info
    • Data type: string
    • Description: extra information about the new list
  • Property name: list_origin
    • Data type: string
    • Description: the origin from where the new list is being posted. (Permitted values: "webapp" or "mobileapp")
  • Property name: is_list_public
    • Data type: boolean
    • Description: true if the new list posted can be viewed by public. Otherwise false.
  • Property name: list_species
    • Data type: an array of complex json species object
    • Description: the data about species belonging to the list

The complex json species object contains the actual data (species). It has the following properties:

• Property name: vernacular_name
  • Data type: string
  • Description: vernacular name of the species
• Property name: scientific_name
  • Data type: string
  • Description: scientific name of the species
• Property name: scientific_name_authorship
  • Data type: string
  • Description: authorship of the scientific name of the species
• Property name: family
  • Data type: string
  • Description: the taxonomic rank family where the species belongs to
• Property name: order
  • Data type: string
  • Description: the taxonomic rank order where the species belongs to
• Property name: class
  • Data type: string
  • Description: the taxonomic rank class where the species belongs to
• Property name: phylum
  • Data type: string
  • Description: the taxonomic rank phylum where the species belongs to
• Property name: nomenclature_code
  • Data type: string
  • Description: the nomenclatural code of the species

Examples:

curl -X POST http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5005/phylotastic_ws/sls/insert_list -H 'content-type:application/json' -d '{"user_id": "hdail.laughinghouse@gmail.com", "list": {"list_extra_info": "", "list_description": "A list on the bird species add their endangered, threatened or invasive status", "list_keywords": ["bird", "endangered species", "Everglades"], "list_curator": "HD Laughinghouse", "list_origin": "webapp", "list_curation_date": "02-24-2016", "list_source": "Des", "list_focal_clade": "Aves", "list_title": "Bird Species List for Everglades National Park", "list_author": ["Bass", "O. & Cunningham", "R."], "list_date_published": "01-01-2006", "is_list_public": true, "list_species": [{"family": "", "scientific_name": "Aix sponsa", "scientific_name_authorship": "", "vernacular_name": "Wood Duck", "phylum": "", "nomenclature_code": "ICZN", "order": "Anseriformes", "class":""}, {"family": "", "scientific_name": "Anas strepera", "scientific_name_authorship": "", "vernacular_name": "Gadwall", "phylum": "", "nomenclature_code": "ICZN", "order": "Anseriformes", "class":""}, {"family": "", "scientific_name": "Caprimulgus vociferus", "scientific_name_authorship": "", "vernacular_name": "Whip-poor-will", "phylum": "", "nomenclature_code": "ICZN", "order": "Caprimulgiformes", "class":""}, {"family": "", "scientific_name": "Columba livia", "scientific_name_authorship": "", "vernacular_name": "Rock Dove", "phylum": "", "nomenclature_code": "ICZN", "order": "Columbiformes", "class":""}, {"family": "", "scientific_name": "Ceryle alcyon", "scientific_name_authorship": "", "vernacular_name": "Belted Kingfisher", "phylum": "", "nomenclature_code": "ICZN", "order": "Coraciiformes", "class": ""}, {"family": "", "scientific_name": "Aramus guarauna", "scientific_name_authorship": "", "vernacular_name": "Limpkin", "phylum": "", "nomenclature_code": "ICZN", "order": "Gruiformes", "class": ""}]}}'

Citation:

Service Quality:

• Restrictions on capacity:
• Restrictions on scope:
• Expected response time: 1s~3s
• Informative message:
  • when service is down --
  • when malformed input is provided --
• Uptime:

---

Web Service 13.

Service Name: Replace species of an existing list

Service Description: A service to replace the existing species objects with new species object of an existing list.

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5005/phylotastic_ws/sls/replace_species

HTTP Method: POST

Input Format: application/json

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: user_id

• Category: mandatory

• Data Type: string

• Description: Unique id (valid gmail address) of a phylotastic web application user

• Name: access_token

• Category: mandatory

• Data Type: string

• Description: Access token for the user with user_id (valid gmail address)

• Name: list_id

• Category: mandatory

• Data Type: integer

• Description: Unique id of an existing list

• Name: species

• Category: mandatory

• Data Type: an array of complex json species object

• Description: An array of complex json species objects to replace the existing species objects.

Examples:

curl -X POST http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5005/phylotastic_ws/sls/replace_species -H 'content-type:application/json' -d '{"user_id": "hdail.laughinghouse@gmail.com", "access_token": "ya29..zQLmLjbyujJjwV6RVSM2sy-mkeaKu-9_n7y7iB6uKuL-rHDGp3W2_hPWUSO5uX_OcA", "list_id": 2, "species":[{"family": "", "scientific_name": "Aix sponsa", "scientific_name_authorship": "", "vernacular_name": "Wood Duck", "phylum": "", "nomenclature_code": "ICZN", "order": "Anseriformes"}, {"family": "", "scientific_name": "Anas strepera", "scientific_name_authorship": "", "vernacular_name": "Gadwall", "phylum": "", "nomenclature_code": "ICZN", "order": "Anseriformes"}]}'

Citation:

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Web Service 14.

Service Name: Remove an existing list

Service Description: A service to remove an existing list.

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5005/phylotastic_ws/sls/remove_list

HTTP Method: GET

Input Format: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: user_id

• Category: mandatory

• Data Type: string

• Description: Unique id (valid email) of the registered user of web or mobile application

• Name: access_token

• Category: mandatory

• Data Type: string

• Description: Access token for the user with user_id (valid gmail address)

• Name: list_id

• Category: mandatory

• Data Type: integer

• Description: Unique id of an existing list

Examples:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5005/phylotastic_ws/sls/remove_list?user_id=hdail.laughinghouse@gmail.com&list_id=2&access_token=ya29..zQLmLjbyujJjwV6RVSM2sy-mkeaKu-9_n7y7iB6uKuL-rHDGp3W2_hPWUSO5uX_OcA

Citation:

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• Restrictions on capacity:
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  • when malformed input is provided --
• Uptime:

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Web Service 15.

Service Name: Update metadata of an existing list

Service Description: A service to update properties (metadata) of an existing list.

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5005/phylotastic_ws/sls/update_list

HTTP Method: POST

Input Format: application/json

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: user_id

• Category: mandatory

• Data Type: string

• Description: Unique id (valid gmail address) of a phylotastic web application user

• Name: access_token

• Category: mandatory

• Data Type: string

• Description: Access token for the user with user_id (valid gmail address)

• Name: list_id

• Category: mandatory

• Data Type: integer

• Description: Unique id of an existing list

• Name: list

• Category: mandatory

• Data Type: a complex json list sub-object consisting of a subset of list properties

• Description: An object consisting of a subset of list properties (metadata) that need to be updated

Examples:

• To change the title and description of a list with ID 5:

curl -X POST http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5005/phylotastic_ws/sls/update_list -H 'content-type:application/json' -d '{"user_id": "hdail.laughinghouse@gmail.com", "access_token": "ya29..zQLmLjbyujJjwV6RVSM2sy-mkeaKu-9_n7y7iB6uKuL-rHDGp3W2_hPWUSO5uX_OcA", "list_id": 5, "list": {"list_description": "The list contains information on the invasive plants of Virginia, with data on the Invasiveness Rank and region in which they occur", "list_title": "Virginia Invasive Plant Species List"}}'

• To change type of a list with ID 5 from "private" to "public":

curl -X POST http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5005/phylotastic_ws/sls/update_list -H 'content-type:application/json' -d '{"user_id": "hdail.laughinghouse@gmail.com", "access_token": "ya29..zQLmLjbyujJjwV6RVSM2sy-mkeaKu-9_n7y7iB6uKuL-rHDGp3W2_hPWUSO5uX_OcA", "list_id": 5, "list": {"is_list_public": true}}'

Citation:

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Web Service 16.

Service Name: Compare Phylogenetic Trees

Service Description: A service to compare two Phylogenetic Trees.

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5006/phylotastic_ws/compare_trees

HTTP Method: POST

Input Format: application/json

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: tree1_nwk

• Category: mandatory

• Data Type: string

• Description: first tree in newick string format

• Name: tree2_nwk

• Category: mandatory

• Data Type: string

• Description: second tree in newick string format

Examples:

curl -X POST "http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5006/phylotastic_ws/compare_trees" -H "content-type:application/json" -d '{"tree1_nwk": "(((((((EU368025_Uncult_marine_euk_FS14JA72_30Mar05_5m:0.00329,EU368020_Uncult_marine_euk_FS04GA95_01Aug05_5m:-0.00002):0.00002,EU368013_Uncult_marine_euk_FS01D014_01Aug05_65m:-0.00002):0.00010,(EU368034_Uncult_marine_euk_OC413NSS_Q007_15m:-0.00000,(EU368007_Uncult_marine_euk_FS01B026_30Mar05_5m:-0.00001,EU368004_Uncult_marine_euk_FS01AA94_01Aug05_5m:0.00328):0.00000):0.00317):0.00725,(EU368005_Uncult_marine_euk_FS01B033_30Mar05_5m:-0.00002,(EF172850_Uncult_euk_SSRPB47:-0.00003,EU368022_Uncult_marine_euk_FS04H169_01Aug05_89m:0.00166):0.00002):0.00597):0.00202,((DQ060523_Uncult_marine_euk_NOR46.29:0.01559,(HQ868826_Uncult_euk_SHAX1073:0.00155,EU368038_Uncult_marine_euk_EN351CTD040_4mN11:0.00172):0.00429):0.00017,(EU368023_Uncult_marine_euk_FS04H153_01Aug05_89m:0.00504,(DQ222879_Uncult_photo_euk_RA000907.18:0.00166,HM858468_Uncult_marine_euk_MO.011.5m.00036:-0.00003):0.00152):0.00566):0.00662):0.00941,(HQ868882_Uncult_euk_SHAX1135:0.00170,HQ868810_Uncult_euk_SHAX1056:-0.00007):0.02449):0.00648,(EU368021_Uncult_marine_euk_FS04GA46_01Aug05_5m:0.02285,(HQ869075_Uncult_euk_SHAX587:0.00000,HQ869035_Uncult_euk_SHAX540:0.00000):0.04720):0.01029,HQ156863_Uncult_marine_ciliate_170609_08:0.17059);", "tree2_nwk": "((HQ869075_Uncult_euk_SHAX587:0.00000,HQ869035_Uncult_euk_SHAX540:0.00000):0.04484,(EU368021_Uncult_marine_euk_FS04GA46_01Aug05_5m:0.02285,(((((EU368005_Uncult_marine_euk_FS01B033_30Mar05_5m:-0.00002,(EF172850_Uncult_euk_SSRPB47:-0.00003,EU368022_Uncult_marine_euk_FS04H169_01Aug05_89m:0.00166):0.00002):0.00597,(((EU368025_Uncult_marine_euk_FS14JA72_30Mar05_5m:0.00329,EU368020_Uncult_marine_euk_FS04GA95_01Aug05_5m:-0.00002):0.00002,EU368013_Uncult_marine_euk_FS01D014_01Aug05_65m:-0.00002):0.00010,(EU368034_Uncult_marine_euk_OC413NSS_Q007_15m:-0.00000,(EU368007_Uncult_marine_euk_FS01B026_30Mar05_5m:-0.00001,EU368004_Uncult_marine_euk_FS01AA94_01Aug05_5m:0.00328):0.00000):0.00317):0.00725):0.00202,((DQ060523_Uncult_marine_euk_NOR46.29:0.01559,(HQ868826_Uncult_euk_SHAX1073:0.00155,EU368038_Uncult_marine_euk_EN351CTD040_4mN11:0.00172):0.00429):0.00017,(EU368023_Uncult_marine_euk_FS04H153_01Aug05_89m:0.00504,(DQ222879_Uncult_photo_euk_RA000907.18:0.00166,HM858468_Uncult_marine_euk_MO.011.5m.00036:-0.00003):0.00152):0.00566):0.00662):0.00941,(HQ868882_Uncult_euk_SHAX1135:0.00170,HQ868810_Uncult_euk_SHAX1056:-0.00007):0.02449):0.00648,HQ156863_Uncult_marine_ciliate_170609_08:0.17059):0.01029):0.00236);"}'

Citation: http://dendropy.org/library/treecompare.html#module-dendropy.calculate.treecompare

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Web Service 17.

Service Name: Find supported studies of an induced tree

Service Description: A service to get supported studies of an induced tree from OpenTreeOfLife.

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5006/phylotastic_ws/md/get_studies

HTTP Method: GET

Input Format: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

1. Parameter details:

• Name: list
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: string
• Description: pipe ("|") delimited list of OpenTree ids of taxon names or taxon names depending on the list_type parameter value

2. Parameter details:

• Name: list_type
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: string
• Description: a string value to specify which type (taxon names or OpenTree ids of taxon names) of list is provided as input. Valid values include ottids or taxa. ottids list type denotes a list which contains OpenTree ids of taxon names and taxa list type denotes a list which contains taxon names

Example Commands:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5006/phylotastic_ws/md/get_studies?list=3597191|3597209|3597205|60236|3597195&list_type=ottids

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5006/phylotastic_ws/md/get_studies?list=Setophaga striata|Setophaga magnolia|Setophaga angelae|Setophaga plumbea|Setophaga virens&list_type=taxa

Example Results:

{"execution_time": 0.69, "status_code": 200, "message": "Success", "studies": [{"PublicationYear": 2010, "FocalCladeTaxonName": "Parulidae", "Publication": "Lovette, Irby J., Jorge L. P\u00e9rez-Em\u00e1n, John P. Sullivan, Richard C. Banks, Isabella Fiorentino, Sergio C\u00f3rdoba-C\u00f3rdoba, Mar\u00eda Echeverry-Galvis, F. Keith Barker, Kevin J. Burns, John Klicka, Scott M. Lanyon, Eldredge Bermingham. 2010. A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny for the wood-warblers and a revised classification of the Parulidae (Aves). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57 (2): 753-770.", "CandidateTreeForSynthesis": "tree6024", "PublicationDOI": "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.018", "DataRepository": "", "Curator": "Joseph W. Brown", "PublicationIdentifier": "pg_2591"}]}

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5006/phylotastic_ws/md/studies

HTTP Method: POST

Input Format: application/json

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

1. Parameter details:

• Name: list
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: list of string or integers depending on the list_type parameter value
• Description: a list of OpenTree ids of taxon names or taxon names depending on the list_type parameter value

2. Parameter details:

• Name: list_type
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: string
• Description: a string value to specify which type (taxon names or OpenTree ids of taxon names) of list is provided as input. Valid values include ottids or taxa. ottids list type denotes a list which contains OpenTree ids of taxon names and taxa list type denotes a list which contains taxon names

Example Commands:

curl -X POST http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5006/phylotastic_ws/md/studies -H "content-type:application/json" -d '{"list":[1094064,860906,257323,698438,698406,187220,336231,124230], "list_type": "ottids"}'

curl -X POST http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5006/phylotastic_ws/md/studies -H "content-type:application/json" -d '{"list":["Delphinidae","Delphinus capensis","Delphinus delphis","Tursiops truncatus","Tursiops aduncus","Sotalia fluviatilis","Sousa chinensis"], "list_type": "taxa"}'

Example Results:

{"execution_time": 0.98, "status_code": 200, "message": "Success", "studies": [{"PublicationYear": 2009, "FocalCladeTaxonName": "Cetacea", "Publication": "McGowen, M., Spaulding M., and Gatesy J. 2009. Divergence date estimation and a comprehensive molecular tree of extant cetaceans. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53 (3): 891-906.", "CandidateTreeForSynthesis": "tree5998", "PublicationDOI": "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.018", "DataRepository": "http://purl.org/phylo/treebase/phylows/study/TB2:S10190", "Curator": "Chris Owen", "PublicationIdentifier": "pg_2587"}, {"PublicationYear": 2009, "FocalCladeTaxonName": "Cetacea", "Publication": "Steeman, M., Hebsgaard M., Fordyce R., Ho S., Rabosky D., Nielsen R., Rahbek C., Glenner H., S\u00f8rensen M., & Willerslev E. 2009. Radiation of Extant Cetaceans Driven by Restructuring of the Oceans. Systematic Biology 58 (6): 573-585.", "CandidateTreeForSynthesis": "tree6215", "PublicationDOI": "http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syp060", "DataRepository": "http://purl.org/phylo/treebase/phylows/study/TB2:S10124", "Curator": "Chris Owen", "PublicationIdentifier": "pg_1927"}]}

Citation:

• https://github.com/OpenTreeOfLife/germinator/wiki/Synthetic-tree-API-v3#node_info
• https://github.com/OpenTreeOfLife/germinator/wiki/TNRS-API-v3#match_names
• https://github.com/OpenTreeOfLife/germinator/wiki/Studies-API-v3#find_studies

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Web Service 18.

Service Name: Get Phylogenetic Trees from phylomatic

Service Description: A service to get Phylogenetic Trees from phylomatic.

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/gt/pm/get_tree

HTTP Method: GET

Input Format: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: taxa
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: string
• Description: list of resolved scientific names delimited by pipe "|"

Examples:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/gt/pm/get_tree?taxa=Panthera leo|Panthera onca|Panthera tigris|Panthera uncia

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/gt/pm/get_tree?taxa=Helianthus%20annuus|Passiflora%20edulis|Rosa%20arkansana|Saccharomyces%20cerevisiae

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/gt/pm/tree

HTTP Method: POST

Input Format: application/json

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: resolvedNames
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: list of string
• Description: list of resolved scientific names

Examples:

curl -X POST "http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/gt/pm/tree" -H "content-type:application/json" -d '{"resolvedNames": ["Setophaga striata", "Setophaga magnolia", "Setophaga angelae", "Setophaga plumbea", "Setophaga virens"]}'

curl -X POST "http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/gt/pm/tree" -H "content-type:application/json" -d '{"resolvedNames": ["Helianthus annuus","Passiflora edulis", "Rosa arkansana", "Saccharomyces cerevisiae"]}'

Citation: http://phylodiversity.net/phylomatic/

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• Expected response time: 3s~10s
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Web Service 19

Service Name: Get Phylogenetic Trees from phyloT

Service Description: A service to get a taxonomic tree from the NCBI taxonomy using phyloT (http://phylot.biobyte.de/).

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/gt/pt/get_tree

HTTP Method: GET

Input Format: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: taxa
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: string
• Description: list of resolved scientific names delimited by pipe "|"

Examples:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/gt/pt/get_tree?taxa=Setophaga striata|Setophaga magnolia|Setophaga angelae|Setophaga plumbea|Setophaga virens

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/gt/pt/tree

HTTP Method: POST

Input Format: application/json

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

• Name: resolvedNames
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: list of string
• Description: list of resolved scientific names

Examples:

curl -X POST "http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/gt/pt/tree" -H "content-type:application/json" -d '{"resolvedNames": ["Setophaga striata", "Setophaga magnolia", "Setophaga angelae", "Setophaga plumbea", "Setophaga virens"]}'

Citation: http://phylot.biobyte.de/

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Web Service 20

Service Name: Get Phylogenetic Trees with branch lengths

Service Description: A service to get chronograms (trees with branch lengths proportional to time).

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5009/phylotastic_ws/sc/scale

HTTP Method: POST

Input Format: application/json

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

1. Parameter details:

• Name: newick
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: string
• Description: tree in newick string format

2. Parameter details:

• Name: method
• Category: optional
• Data Type: string
• Description: a string value to specify which method should be used for scaling. Valid values include median or sdm. median is the default scaling method which uses the median of all source chronograms. sdm method uses SDM supertree method (Criscuolo et al. 2006).

Example Commands:

curl -X POST http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5009/phylotastic_ws/sc/scale -H 'content-type:application/json' -d '{"newick": "((Zea mays,Oryza sativa),((Arabidopsis thaliana,(Glycine max,Medicago sativa)),Solanum lycopersicum)Pentapetalae);", "method": "sdm"}'

curl -X POST http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5009/phylotastic_ws/sc/scale -H 'content-type:application/json' -d '{"newick": "(((((Canis lupus pallipes,Melursus ursinus)Caniformia,((Panthera tigris,Panthera pardus)Panthera,Herpestes fuscus))Carnivora,(Macaca mulatta,Homo sapiens)Catarrhini)Boreoeutheria,Elephas maximus)Eutheria,Haliastur indus)Amniota;"}'

Example Results:

{"method_used": "sdm", "execution_time": "2.25", "status_code": 200, "creation_time": "2017-09-17T21:20:01.653659", "scaled_tree": "(Solanum lycopersicum:141.8861801,((Zea mays:106.2589771,Oryza sativa:106.2589771):35.62720301,(Arabidopsis thaliana:117.1887019,(Glycine max:97.3424611,Medicago sativa:97.3424611):19.84624085):24.69747818):0);", "input_tree": "((Zea mays,Oryza sativa),((Arabidopsis thaliana,(Glycine max,Medicago sativa)),Solanum lycopersicum)Pentapetalae);", "message": "Success", "service_documentation": "https://github.com/phylotastic/phylo_services_docs/blob/master/ServiceDescription/PhyloServicesDescription.md#web-service-20"}

{"execution_time": "4.38", "status_code": 200, "creation_time": "2017-05-17T20:15:53.489925", "scaled_tree": "((((Homo sapiens:29.126382,Macaca mulatta:29.126382):69.773618,(((Panthera pardus:6.4,Panthera tigris:6.4):34.300001,Herpestes fuscus:40.700001):24.199999,(Canis lupus pallipes:16.775,Melursus ursinus:16.775):48.125):34):10.65,Elephas maximus:109.55):17.078571,Haliastur indus:126.628571);", "input_tree": "(((((Canis lupus pallipes,Melursus ursinus)Caniformia,((Panthera tigris,Panthera pardus)Panthera,Herpestes fuscus))Carnivora,(Macaca mulatta,Homo sapiens)Catarrhini)Boreoeutheria,Elephas maximus)Eutheria,Haliastur indus)Amniota;", "message": "Success", "service_documentation": "https://github.com/phylotastic/phylo_services_docs/blob/master/ServiceDescription/PhyloServicesDescription.md#web-service-20"}

Citation: http://datelife.org/

Service Quality:

• Restrictions on capacity:
• Restrictions on scope:
• Expected response time: 3s~10s
• Informative message:
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  • when malformed input is provided --
• Uptime:

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Web Service 21

Service Name: Get metadata for a output chronogram

Service Description: A service to get metadata information (citations) for chronograms retrieved by datelife.

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5009/phylotastic_ws/sc/metadata_scale

HTTP Method: POST

Input Format: application/json

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

1. Parameter details:

• Name: newick
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: string
• Description: tree in newick string format

Example Commands:

curl -X POST http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5009/phylotastic_ws/sc/metadata_scale -H 'content-type:application/json' -d '{"newick": "((Zea mays,Oryza sativa),((Arabidopsis thaliana,(Glycine max,Medicago sativa)),Solanum lycopersicum)Pentapetalae);"}'

Example Results:

{"metadata_tree_scaling": ["Hedges, S. Blair, Julie Marin, Michael Suleski, Madeline Paymer, Sudhir Kumar. 2015. Tree of life reveals clock-like speciation and diversification. Molecular Biology and Evolution 32 (4): 835-845", "Magall\u00f3n, Susana, Sandra G\u00f3mez-Acevedo, Luna L. S\u00e1nchez-Reyes, Tania Hern\u00e1ndez-Hern\u00e1ndez. 2015. A metacalibrated time-tree documents the early rise of flowering plant phylogenetic diversity. New Phytologist 207 (2): 437-453", "Magall\u00f3n, Susana, Sandra G\u00f3mez-Acevedo, Luna L. S\u00e1nchez-Reyes, Tania Hern\u00e1ndez-Hern\u00e1ndez. 2015. A metacalibrated time-tree documents the early rise of flowering plant phylogenetic diversity. New Phytologist 207 (2): 437-453"], "execution_time": "1.83", "status_code": 200, "creation_time": "2017-09-17T21:19:03.397009", "input_tree": "((Zea mays,Oryza sativa),((Arabidopsis thaliana,(Glycine max,Medicago sativa)),Solanum lycopersicum)Pentapetalae);", "message": "Success", "service_documentation": "https://github.com/phylotastic/phylo_services_docs/blob/master/ServiceDescription/PhyloServicesDescription.md#web-service-21"}

Citation: http://datelife.org/

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• Restrictions on capacity:
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• Expected response time: 3s~10s
• Informative message:
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• Uptime:

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Web Service 22

Service Name: Get scientific name of a species from its common name

Service Description: A service to get scientific name of a species from its common name.

Resource URI: http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/cs/ncbi/get_scientific_name

HTTP Method: GET

Input Format: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Output Format: application/json

Parameters:

1. Parameter details:

• Name: common
• Category: mandatory
• Data Type: string
• Description: a common name for which to find scientific name

Example Commands:

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/cs/ncbi/get_scientific_name?common=dog

http://phylo.cs.nmsu.edu:5004/phylotastic_ws/cs/ncbi/get_scientific_name?common=tiger

Example Results:

{"ncbi_info_url": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=9615","scientific_name": "Canis lupus familiaris","status_code": 200,"common_name": "dog","message": "Success","extra_info": {"genbank_common_name": "dog","inherited_blast_name": " carnivores","rank": "subspecies"},"metadata": {"execution_time": "1.09","creation_time": "2017-10-12T07:04:43.459298","source_urls": ["https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy"]}}

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Citation: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy

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