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Marine species sightings from OBIS by scientific name

Marine species sightings from OBIS by scientific name - coordinates, depth, date, country, dataset, basis of record and taxonomic family

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1539 msmedian answer time
$0.01listed price per call
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Endpoint

GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/biodiversity/obis

CategoryEverything else
Provider hostsaylorinnovations.com
Networkseip155:137, eip155:42161, eip155:8453, solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp
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Example input (from the provider)

{
  "method": "GET",
  "queryParams": {
    "limit": "3",
    "species": "Delphinus delphis"
  },
  "type": "http"
}

Promised output schema (from the provider)

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "input": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "method": {
          "enum": [
            "GET"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "queryParams": {
          "properties": {
            "limit": {
              "description": "optional 1-25, default 8",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "species": {
              "description": "Scientific name, e.g. Delphinus delphis",
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "species"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "type": {
          "const": "http",
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type",
        "method"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "output": {
      "properties": {
        "example": {
          "properties": {
            "count": {
              "description": "Number of items returned",
              "type": "number"
            },
            "occurrences": {
              "description": "Sightings with scientific name, coordinates, depth, date, country, dataset and taxonomy",
              "items": {
                "properties": {
                  "aphia_id": {
                    "description": "Aphia id identifier"
                  },
                  "basis": {
                    "description": "Basis of record such as HumanObservation",
                    "type": [
                      "string",
                      "null"
                    ]
                  },
                  "class": {
                    "description": "Class"
                  },
                  "common": {
                    "description": "Common name, if recorded"
                  },
                  "country": {
                    "description": "Country name"
                  },
                  "dataset": {
                    "description": "Source dataset",
                    "type": [
                      "string",
                      "null"
                    ]
                  },
                  "date": {
                    "description": "Date (YYYY-MM-DD)"
                  },
                  "depth_m": {
                    "description": "Depth, in metres"
                  },
                  "family": {
                    "description": "Taxonomic family",
                    "type": [
                      "string",
                      "null"
                    ]
                  },
                  "lat": {
                    "description": "Latitude in decimal degrees"
                  },
                  "lon": {
                    "description": "Longitude in decimal degrees"
                  },
                  "order": {
                    "description": "Order applied"
                  },
                  "scientific_name": {
                    "description": "Scientific name"
                  }
                },
                "type": "object"
              },
              "type": "array"
            },
            "source": {
              "description": "Data source the values come from",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "species": {
              "description": "Species",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "total_records": {
              "description": "Total records",
              "type": "number"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "species",
            "occurrences"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "type": {
          "const": "json",
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "input"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

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