Issue 17534
It is helpful, usable but not flawless
17534
Reporter: feedback bot
Assignee: mdoering
Type: Feedback
Summary: It is helpful, usable but not flawless
Resolution: Fixed
Status: Closed
Created: 2015-03-26 19:50:31.204
Updated: 2015-10-11 11:40:09.514
Resolved: 2015-10-11 11:40:09.256
Description: Example: searching for Rhodoprasina floralis with wildcards
1. http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/search?q=Rhodoprasina%20floralis
2. http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/search?q=florali*
3. http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/search?q=floral*
4. http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/search?q=Rhodoprasina%20floral*
5. http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/search?q=*hodoprasina%20floralis
The cases 1 and 2 do work as expected. The cases 3-5 should have worked as well but they do not. The worst cases are 3 and 4.
What is your idea?
*Reporter*: Nikolay Ivshin
*E-mail*: [mailto:nikolay.v.ivshin@gmail.com]]]>
Author: mdoering@gbif.org
Comment: There aint no wildcard in our searches. Replying to author
Created: 2015-03-26 21:01:06.319
Updated: 2015-03-26 21:01:06.319
Author: mdoering@gbif.org
Created: 2015-03-27 00:06:17.521
Updated: 2015-03-27 00:07:54.51
But our API documentation says we support the wildcard, this needs to be changed. Also the different behavior of the suggest search should be better documented:
http://www.gbif.org/developer/species#searching
{quote}q Simple search parameter. The value for this parameter can be a simple word or a phrase. Wildcards can be added to the simple word parameters only, e.g. q=**puma**{quote}