faoareas function error

[emostarda]

Hello,
I tried to extract FAO areas info for all Perciformes:

# I created the dataset
fish <- species_list(Order = "Perciformes")
fish
# I have 10961 obs. of 3 variables
# I tried to extract FAO Areas info from the first 2000 records
> newdata <- faoareas(fish[1:2000])
# I get the following error
Error in UseMethod("left_join") : 
  no applicable method for 'left_join' applied to an object of class "NULL"
In addition: Warning messages:
1: In check_and_parse(resp) : Bad Request (HTTP 400).
2: no results found for query https://fishbase.ropensci.org/faoareas?SpecCode=63845&limit=500&fields=AreaCode%2CSpecCode%2CStatus 

I realize that record 63845 (nr 1337) is the problem. so that > newdata <- faoareas(fish[1:1336]) is working

the next batch works if it starts at 1338 > newdata <- faoareas(fish[1338:2000]) until the next error..

Any idea why?

[sckott]

Will have a look, thanks @emostarda

[sckott]

was able to reproduce the error - looking into why it happens

[sckott]

@emostarda okay, reinstall devtools::install_github("ropensci/rfishbase") and try again,

let me know if it works now

[emostarda]

Thanks sckott, it's better now as it doesn't crash, it just excludes a number of rows:

Aulopiformes <- species_list(Order = "Aulopiformes")
AulopAreas <- faoareas(Aulopiformes)
Warning messages:
1: In check_and_parse(resp) : Bad Request (HTTP 400).
2: no results found for query https://fishbase.ropensci.org/faoareas?SpecCode=63598&limit=500&fields=AreaCode%2CSpecCode%2CStatus
3: In check_and_parse(resp) : Bad Request (HTTP 400).
4: no results found for query https://fishbase.ropensci.org/faoareas?SpecCode=63599&limit=500&fields=AreaCode%2CSpecCode%2CStatus
5: In check_and_parse(resp) : Bad Request (HTTP 400).
6: no results found for query https://fishbase.ropensci.org/faoareas?SpecCode=64060&limit=500&fields=AreaCode%2CSpecCode%2CStatus