animals: Returns adoptable animal data from Petfinder based on...

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

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Description

Returns adoptable animal data from Petfinder based on specified criteria.

Usage

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animals(
  animal_id = NULL,
  animal_type = NULL,
  breed = NULL,
  size = NULL,
  gender = NULL,
  age = NULL,
  color = NULL,
  coat = NULL,
  status = NULL,
  name = NULL,
  organization_id = NULL,
  location = NULL,
  distance = NULL,
  sort = NULL,
  pages = 1,
  results_per_page = 20,
  return_df = FALSE
)

Arguments

animal_id

Integer or vector or list of integers representing animal IDs obtained from Petfinder. When animal_id is specified, the other function parameters are overridden. If animal_id is not specified, a search of animals on Petfinder matching given criteria is performed.

animal_type

Character vector representing desired animal type to search. Must be one of 'dog', 'cat', 'rabbit', 'small-furry', 'horse', 'bird', 'scales-fins-other', or 'barnyard'.

breed

Character vector or vector or list of character strings of desired animal type breed to search. Available animal breeds in the Petfinder database can be found using the :code:'breeds()' method.

size

Character vector or vector or list of character strings of desired animal sizes to return. The specified size(s) must be one of 'small', 'medium', 'large', or 'xlarge'.

gender

Character vector or vector or list of strings representing animal genders to return. Must be of 'male', 'female', or 'unknown'.

age

Character or vector or list of strings specifying animal age(s) to return from search. Must be of 'baby', 'young', 'adult', 'senior'.

color

String representing specified animal 'color' to search. Colors for each available animal type in the Petfinder database can be found using the animal_types() method.

coat

Desired coat(s) to return. Must be of 'short', 'medium', 'long', 'wire', 'hairless', or 'curly'.

status

Animal status to filter search results. Must be one of 'adoptable', 'adopted', or 'found'.

name

Searches for animal names matching or partially matching name.

organization_id

Returns animals associated with given :code:'organization_id'. Can be a vector or a vector or list of character strings representing multiple organizations.

location

Returns results by specified location. Must be in the format 'city, state' for city-level results, 'latitude, longitude' for lat-long results, or 'postal code'.

distance

Returns results within the distance of the specified location. If not given, defaults to 100 miles. Maximum distance range is 500 miles.

sort

Sorts by specified attribute. Leading dashes represents a reverse-order sort. Must be one of 'recent', '-recent', 'distance', or '-distance'.

pages

Specifies which page of results to return. Defaults to the first page of results. If set to NULL, all results will be returned.

results_per_page

Number of results to return per page. Defaults to 20 results and cannot exceed 100 results per page.

return_df

If TRUE, a data.frame will be returned. Does not currently do anything.

Value

List of JSON data of resulting animals.

Examples

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## Not run: 
pf <- Petfinder(key=key, secret=secret) # Initialize Petfinder class
pf$animals(results_per_page = 100, pages = 10)
pf$animals(location='Seattle, WA', distance = 100, results_per_page = 50, pages = 5)
pf$animals(animal_id=c(animalid1, animalid2, animalid3))

## End(Not run)

PetfindeR documentation built on July 8, 2020, 7:19 p.m.