threats_par: Fetch Red List threats data (parallel)

In matthewlewis896/redlistManipulatr: Obtain Red List habitat and elevation data and manipulate formats

Description

Download Red List threats data from the Red List API.

Usage

threats_par(x, key, query, subset, sleep_dur, num.cores, verbose)

Arguments

x	Vector of species names or IDs.
key	Character string. IUCN Red List API key - available from https://apiv3.iucnredlist.org/api/v3/token
query	Character string. 'name' if querying by species name; 'ID' if querying by IUCN Red List ID.
subset	(optional). Numeric. Specify proportion of x to run for between 0 and 1. Defaults to 1.
sleep_dur	(optional) Numeric. Duration of sleep between API calls in seconds. Defaults to 2 seconds.
num.cores	(optional) Numeric. Specify number of cores to use if running in parallel. Default is number of CPU cores available - 1.
verbose	(optional) Numeric. If 0 gives no progress update, if 1 prints progress bar, if 2 prints 1 row per task completed. Default is 1.

Value

A dataframe in long format (one row per species-threat)

Author(s)

Matt Lewis, [e-mail]

matthewlewis896/redlistManipulatr documentation built on Jan. 22, 2022, 1:01 p.m.