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GBIF Species & Biodiversity Occurrence Search (Free)

Resolve species names to the GBIF backbone taxonomy and export biodiversity occurrence records with GPS coordinates, dates and datasets. Filter by country and year. Free open ecology data.

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You can access the GBIF Species & Biodiversity Occurrence Search (Free) programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

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1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "species": [
9        "Panthera leo",
10        "Quercus robur",
11    ] }
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("fit_melon/gbif-species-occurrence-search").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
18for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

GBIF Species & Occurrence Scraper (Free) API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use GBIF Species & Biodiversity Occurrence Search (Free) API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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