Tim, Thanks for all the info!
Cheers, Scott On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 12:37 AM, Tim Robertson <trobertson at gbif.org> wrote: > Thanks Scott, confirmed > > You can see the limit is capped (e.g. reset) to 1000 if you go above: > http://api.gbif.org/v1/species/search?q=a&limit=1010 > > It should be added to docs as what is on > http://www.gbif.org/developer/summary#common is not clear enough. > > I?ve filed an issue http://dev.gbif.org/issues/browse/PF-1805 which will > be picked up at some point. > > In the meantime, I am afraid you will have to hit the services with a high > limit, and see how it behaves, but you should code defensively in any > iterating clients and read the actual limit used - this is how all the Java > clients work. > > Thinking aloud: It is also something that I could imagine might change > over time, depending on observed infrastructure load. You might find the > docs simply become something like > ?All services provide a ceiling on the Limit parameter, which is typically > 100, 1000 or 10000 but is subject to change over time. Application > developers are required to code defensively, and read the actual limit used > which is returned in each response to accurately page over resources. A > sensible default for all calls is 1000?. > > I hope this helps, > Tim > > > > On 10 Oct 2014, at 01:07, Scott Chamberlain <myrmecocystus at gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello, > > Is the max value 1000 for the limit parameter for /species endpoints? If > so, I don't think this is documented anywhere. > > Cheers, Scott > _______________________________________________ > API-users mailing list > API-users at lists.gbif.org > http://lists.gbif.org/mailman/listinfo/api-users > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gbif.org/pipermail/api-users/attachments/20141013/056a7530/attachment.html
