get_names {taxadb}

get_names

Description

Translate identifiers into scientific names

Usage

get_names(
  id,
  provider = getOption("taxadb_default_provider", "itis"),
  version = latest_version(),
  format = c("guess", "prefix", "bare", "uri"),
  taxadb_db = td_connect(),
  db = NULL
)

Arguments

id

a list of taxonomic identifiers.

provider

abbreviation code for the provider. See details.

version

Which version of the taxadb provider database should we use? defaults to latest. see ⁠[avialable_releases()]⁠ for details.

format

Format for the returned identifier, one of

• prefix (e.g. NCBI:9606, the default), or

• bare (e.g. 9606, used in taxize::get_ids()),

• uri (e.g. ⁠http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy/9606⁠).

taxadb_db

Connection to from ⁠[td_connect()]⁠.

db

previous name for provider argument, now deprecated

Details

Like all taxadb functions, this function will run fastest if a local copy of the provider is installed in advance using ⁠[td_create()]⁠.

Value

a vector of names, of the same length as the input ids. Any unmatched IDs will return as NAs.

See Also

Other get: get_ids()

Examples

get_names(c("ITIS:1025094", "ITIS:1025103"), format = "prefix")