Hi All,
I’m trying to pull a master download of 128 species (most of which I’ve downloaded separately previously), but the web tool won’t allow a link of that size, so I’m branching into using the API for the first time. When downloading them in small groups by species name, for example, Aegolius acadicus, records were also downloaded for Aegolius acadicus acadicus, the subspecies, which have different taxon keys. Now that I’m branching into the API, I wanted to confirm/seek help ensuring that those situations remain in my new download: i.e., I want those data from the synonym/associated/sub species in the download.
Can anyone confirm that if I use taxon key to conduct that download with the API, it will not also download the associated species, in this case, the subspecies data? I’d like to have all the available data and reconcile it afterwards, instead of filtering it out beforehand. And if this is the case, is there a way around this? I figure if using either species name or taxon key for the API download, I’d have to have the 100% complete list of all associated species names/keys that could be included in my 128, and I’m trying to avoid that if possible, by relying on the API to do the work collating what’s related, much as the website does.
Thanks in advance!