fishbase 3

fishbase_3.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""
(c) 2016 Brant Faircloth || http://faircloth-lab.org/
All rights reserved.

This code is distributed under a 3-clause BSD license. Please see
LICENSE.txt for more information.

Created on 19 April 2016 08:48 CDT (-0500)
"""

import requests
import pdb

def main():
    # get information from species table (should contain species code)
    payload = {
        'genus': 'lepisosteus',
        'species': 'osseus'
    }
    my_request = requests.get(
        'https://fishbase.ropensci.org/species',
        params=payload
    )
    species_result = my_request.json()

    # get species code
    my_species_code = species_result['data'][0]['SpecCode']

    # get common name
    # first we need species code
    payload = {
        'SpecCode': my_species_code,
    }
    my_request = requests.get(
        'https://fishbase.ropensci.org/comnames',
        params=payload
    )
    commnames_result = my_request.json()
    print("Common Names")
    print("-" * 20)
    for name in commnames_result['data']:
        print(name['ComName'])
    print("\n")


    # get predators
    my_request = requests.get(
        'https://fishbase.ropensci.org/predats',
        params=payload
    )
    predats_result = my_request.json()
    print("Predator Names")
    print("-" * 20)
    for name in predats_result['data']:
        print(name['PredatorName'])
    print("\n")


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()