# Data Use Club Practical Session: Introduction API

**URL:** https://discourse.gbif.org/t/data-use-club-practical-session-introduction-api/3810
**Category:** Data Use
**Created:** [January 19, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/data-use-club-practical-session-introduction-api/3810 "2023-01-19T13:13:26Z")
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### Author: ![Annie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gbif1/user_avatar/discourse.gbif.org/annie/32/400_2.png) [@Annie](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/Annie)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/data-use-club-practical-session-introduction-api/3810/1 "2023-01-19T13:13:26Z")

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Remember to register for the next [Data Use Club Practical Session on February 8  
The session will be on the API and introduction to rgbif and pygbif](https://www.gbif.org/event/1tpJPYktwQ8b9B0P0Gzoxs/data-use-club-practical-sessions-the-api-and-introduction-to-rgbif-and-pygbif)

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### Author: ![AndrewRodrigues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@AndrewRodrigues](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/AndrewRodrigues)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2023, 9:22am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/data-use-club-practical-session-introduction-api/3810/2 "2023-02-10T09:22:43Z")

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Here are some useful links for users that were described in the webinar:  
Citation guidelines - [Citation guidelines](https://www.gbif.org/citation-guidelines)  
API documentation - [GBIF REST API](https://www.gbif.org/developer/summary)  
API Beginners guide blog post - [GBIF API beginners guide - GBIF Data Blog](https://data-blog.gbif.org/post/gbif-api-beginners-guide)  
API download request tool - [https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/download/request](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/download/request)  
GBIF API test environment thread - [GBIF API Test Environment (Sandbox)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbif-api-test-environment-sandbox/3789)  
Fields that have enumerations (= controller vocabulary) - [https://api.gbif.org/v1/enumeration/basic](https://api.gbif.org/v1/enumeration/basic)  
rgbif documentation - [Interface to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility API • rgbif](https://docs.ropensci.org/rgbif)  
rgbif GitHub repository- [GitHub - ropensci/rgbif: Interface to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility API](https://github.com/ropensci/rgbif)  
pygbif documentation - [pygbif 0.6.1 documentation — pygbif 0.6.1 documentation](https://pygbif.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)  
pygbif repo where new releases are available for download - [pygbif · PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/pygbif/)  
pygbif GitHub repo for updating the package- [GitHub - gbif/pygbif: GBIF Python client](https://github.com/gbif/pygbif)

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### Author: ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/gbif1/original/1X/d2525d53d815eb0c992cc44730ed8a6a1be1dbb5.png) [@system](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/data-use-club-practical-session-introduction-api/3810/3 "2023-03-12T19:23:21Z")

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