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Simple Result Fields

Field (JSON)

Field (XML)

Description

comName

com-name

species common name.  not included in the 'simple' detail if a scientific name was specified as an input parameter

sciName

sci-name

species scientific name. not included in the 'simple' detail if a scientific name was specified as an input parameter

obsDt

obs-dt

observation date formatted according to ISO 8601 (e.g. 'YYYY-MM-DD', or 'YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm').  Hours and minutes are excluded if the observer did not report an observation time.

howMany

how-many

The number observed.  Not included if only presence was noted

locID

loc-id

unique identifier for the location

locName

loc-name

location name

lat

lat

latitude of the location

lng

lng

longitude of the location

obsReviewed

obs-reviewed

'true' if obs has been reviewed.  'false' otherwise

obsValid

obs-valid

'true' if obs has been deemed valid by a regional reviewer.  'false' otherwise

Static Examples

JSON
 
[{"howMany":"39", 
"lat":42.4791969, 
"locID":"L97555", 
"locName":"Sapsucker Woods", 
"comName":"Mallard", 
"lng":-76.4513778, 
"sciName":"Anas platyrhynchos", 
"obsDt":"2009-03-09 11:30"}, 
]
Error response

If there are validation problems with the input parameters the response will be an HTTP 400 error code that includes a simple array containing details of the problems encountered: 

 
[{"errorMsg":"Latitude out of range", 
"errorCode":"error.data.lat_out_of_range"}, 
{"errorMsg":"Longitude out of range", 
"errorCode":"error.data.lng_out_of_range"}]
XML
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<response>
    <header>
        <locale country="US" language="en"/>
        <timestamp>
            2009-07-01T10:29:53.035-04:00
        </timestamp>
        <criteria>
            <command>
                <fmt>
                    xml
                </fmt>
                <include-provisional>
                    true
                </include-provisional>                
                <r>
                    L99381
                </r>
                <back>
                    30
                </back>
                <max-results>
                    500
                </max-results>
                <detail>
                    simple
                </detail>
            </command>
        </criteria>
    </header>
    <result>
        <sighting>
            <loc-id>
                L99381
            </loc-id>
            <obs-dt>
                2009-06-24 17:00
            </obs-dt>
            <obs-reviewed>
                false
            </obs-reviewed>
            <obs-valid>
                true
            </obs-valid>
            <loc-name>
                Stewart Park
            </loc-name>
            <how-many>
                1
            </how-many>
            <lat>
                42.4613266
            </lat>
            <lng>
                -76.5059255
            </lng>
            <com-name>
                Barn Swallow
            </com-name>
            <sci-name>
                Hirundo rustica
            </sci-name>
        </sighting>
    </result>
</response>
Error response
 
<response>
  <header>
  <locale country="" language="en"/>
  <timestamp>2009-05-15T15:40:30.031-04:00</timestamp>
  <criteria>
    <fmt>xml</fmt>
    <include-provisional>false</include-provisional>
    <hotspot>true</hotspot>
    <rtype>loc</rtype>
    <back>14</back>
    <max-results>10000</max-results>
    <detail>simple</detail>
    </command>
  </criteria>
  <errors>
    <error>
      <error-msg>Please specify a region code</error-msg>
      <error-code>error.data.rcodes_required</error-code>
    </error>
  </errors>
  </header>
  <result/>
</response>
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