WebServices

CRAN checks API

API for software check results for the R package distribution network https://cran.rstudio.com/web/packages/

• source: sckott/cchecksapi
• base URL https://cranchecks.info/

Technologies used across projects

• Ruby Sinatra API framework
• Some use Docker, some do not
• MySQL or PostgreSQL or SQLite used as the DB
• Server is always Caddy
• Redis used for caching for some (other’s don’t have caching)

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No longer maintained

Or I am no longer involved in maintaining.

Fishbase API

API for https://www.fishbase.de/

• source: ropensci/fishbaseapi
• base URL https://fishbase.ropensci.org
• mainted by Carl Boettiger

BIEN API

API for Botanical Information and Ecology Network data http://bien.nceas.ucsb.edu/bien/

• source: sckott/bienapi
• base URL https://bienapi.xyz/

Full Text DOI API

API for resolving DOIs to full text URLs (if available)

• source: ropenscilabs/pubpatternsapi
• base URL https://ftdoi.org/

USDA plants database API

API for http://plants.usda.gov/java/

• source: sckott/usdaplantsapi
• base URL https://plantsdb.xyz

rOpenSci API -

API for https://ropensci.org packages, citations, etc.

• source: ropensci/roapi
• base URL https://roapi.org

TraitsDB API - no longer maintained

API for traits data - very much a work in progress - would love your thoughts at https://github.com/sckott/traitdb/issues/1

• source: sckott/traitdb
• base URL https://traits.party/