search_vd: Search VecDyn by keyword

In ohvbd: One Health VBD Hub

Search VecDyn by keyword

Description

Retrieve the IDs for any VecDyn datasets matching the given keywords

Usage

search_vd(keywords, basereq = vb_basereq())

Arguments

keywords	either a string of search terms separated by spaces, or a vector of keywords.
basereq	an httr2 request object, as generated by vb_basereq(). If NA, uses the default request.

Value

An ohvbd.ids vector of VecDyn dataset IDs.

Note

search_hub() is now preferred for keyword searches:

# old style
search_vd(c("Ixodes", "ricinus")

# new style
search_hub("Ixodes ricinus", db = "vd")

search_vd() may be deprecated in the future.

Author(s)

Francis Windram

Examples

search_vd("Aedes aegypti")

search_vd(c("Aedes", "aegypti"))

ohvbd documentation built on March 10, 2026, 1:07 a.m.