ArctosR-package: ArctosR: An Interface to the Arctos Database

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ArctosR: An Interface to the Arctos Database

Description

The ArctosR package provides a set of functions to help users perform requests to the Arctos API to download data. It provides a set of builder classes for performing complex requests, as well as a set of simple functions for automating many common requests and workflows.

About Arctos

Arctos is a collection management information system serving over 5 million records from natural and cultural history collections. Arctos integrates access to collections from disciplines such as anthropology, botany, entomology, ethnology, herpetology, geology, ichthyology, mammalogy, mineralogy, ornithology, paleontology, parasitology, as well as archival and cultural collections. The Arctos database is accessible through a web interface at https://arctos.database.museum/ More information about Arctos, can be found at https://arctosdb.org/about/, and in Cicero et al. (2024) doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0296478.

Functions in ArctosR

get_query_parameters, get_result_parameters, get_record_count, get_records, check_for_status, get_error_response, get_last_response_url, response_data, save_response_rds, read_response_rds, save_response_csv, expand_column

Author(s)

Maintainer: Harlan R. Williams [e-mail]

Authors:

• Marlon E. Cobos [e-mail]

• Jocelyn P. Colella [e-mail]

• Michelle S. Koo [e-mail]

• Vijay Barve [e-mail]

See Also

Useful links:

• https://github.com/hrhwilliams/arctosr

• Report bugs at https://github.com/hrhwilliams/arctosr/issues

ArctosR documentation built on Sept. 16, 2025, 1:10 a.m.