In mikemahoney218/plantr: Download Data from the 'USDA' PLANTS Web API

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plantr

The goal of plantr is to provide a simple R wrapper around the USDA PLANTS Database API, allowing users to easily download data on plant species as a part of their regular workflow.

Installation

You can install the development version of plantr with:

remotes::install_github("mikemahoney218/plantr")

Usage

plantr is a little seedling of a package at the moment, without much in the way of higher-order functions. With that said, the main workhorse of the package is already implemented as ptr_search, letting you search the PLANTS Database directly from R. Searching the basic API (which returns data on plant names and USDA symbols) is as simple as:

library(plantr)

ptr_search(common_name = "balsam fir")

The full API may also be searched by setting basic to FALSE. Note that this example uses a single USDA plant symbol in order to speed up processing time:

ptr_search(symbol = "ABBAB", basic = FALSE)

Please note that plantr is still in an experimental phase, and breaking changes may happen to any function as development continues.

mikemahoney218/plantr documentation built on Feb. 7, 2023, 7:15 p.m.