BIM Web service API

General information on how to use the REST API

The Biodiversity Information Management handles API request using Darwincore structure using pre defined paramters. The API can be customized based on the requirements of datasets. You can request an API token from Kit Elloran @ cbelloran@aseanbiodiversity.org

Species by country

To get a list of species per country
A simple way to get data from the server by API code when querying using “CountryID” as parameter and a unique API TOKEN provided (request).

Note: Parameters for "CountryID" are "BN", "KH", "ID", "LA", "MY", "MM", "PH", "SG", "TH", "VN"

/bim_api/product/get_species.php?CountryID=(CountryID)&API_TOKEN=?

Taxon group

To get a list of Taxonomic group

To get a list of species based on their Taxonomic group (TaxonomicGroup). Using “TaxonomicGroup” as parameter.

Note: Parameters are listed below for reference

Taxonomic group
Alga
Amphibians
Anthozoans
Aquatic plant
Arachnid
Arachnids
Archaea
Bacteria
Birds
Bryozoan
Butterflies
Coral
Crustaceans
Flatworm
Flowering Plants
Freshwater Fishes
Fungi
Grass
Herb
Hydrozoans
Insects
Mammals
Marine Fishes
Marine Reptiles
Medicinal Plants
Merostomata
Molluscs
Plants
Protozoa
Reptiles
Shrub
Succulent
Terrestrial Mammals
Terrestrial Reptiles
Viruses
Output JSON file
"BIMDasboard_v1": [
{
     "taxonID": "57414",
     "catalogNumber": "ACBBISS-MY-57414",
     "scientificName": "Vibrio cholerae",
     "Kingdom": "Bacteria",
     "Phylum": "Proteobacteria",
     "Class": "Gammaproteobacteria",
     "Order": "Vibrionales",
     "Family": "Vibrionaceae",
     "Country": "Malaysia",
     "CountryID": "MY",
     "source": "",
     "modified": "2012-06-22 20:00:00",
     "collectionCode": "57414",
     "basicOfRecord": "",
     "scientificNameAuthorship": "Pacini 1854",
     "identifiedBy": "",
     "stateProvince": "",
     "county": "",
     "locality": "",
     "decimalLongitude": "0",
     "decimalLatitude": "0"
},
{
     "taxonID": "68830",
     "catalogNumber": "ACBBISS-MY-57414",
     "scientificName": "Vibrio cholerae",
     "Kingdom": "Bacteria",
     "Phylum": "Proteobacteria",
     "Class": "Gammaproteobacteria",
     "Order": "Vibrionales",
     "Family": "Vibrionaceae",
     "Country": "Malaysia",
     "CountryID": "MY",
     "source": null,
     "modified": "2012-06-22 20:00:00",
     "collectionCode": "57414",
     "basicOfRecord": null,
     "scientificNameAuthorship": "Pacini 1854",
     "identifiedBy": null,
     "stateProvince": null,
     "county": null,
     "locality": null,
     "decimalLongitude": "0",
     "decimalLatitude": "0"
    }
  ]
} ...
/bim_api/product/get_species.php?TaxonomicGroup=(TaxonomicGroup)&API_TOKEN=?

Species name

API for Species name is under development

Threats

API for Threats is under development