method (v1) namebank

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method (v1) namebank_search WebServices - Service Methods - namebank_search

A string-based names searching function that searches the nameBank component of TNS and returns an array of matching scientific and/or vernacular names.

Sample clients

raw output	formatted output
php source	php source

input arguments

Element	Type
string	string	search string
vernacularFlag	integer	returns vernacular names if > 0
scientificFlag	integer	returns scientific names if > 0
clientVersion	float	services version utilized by client
requestorIP	string	clients acting as servers may optionally include the HTTP "REMOTE_ADDR" of their own requesting clients to provide more precise usage statistics to contributors
order	string	returned results order by name, authority or, for vernacular names grouped by vernacular or scientific name. Valid options are "name," "authority," "vernacularName".

See the WSDL for a description of the returned data structure. All UTF-8 encoded text is output in base-64 encoding and must be decoded for display.