Contributing and Development

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please fork the repository, add tests for new functionality, and submit a pull request.

Testing

Run the offline test suite:

julia --project -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.test()'

Enable live API tests (requires network access to paleobiodb.org):

PBDB_LIVE=1 julia --project -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.test()'

By default, only offline tests run. The live tests make real HTTP requests to the Paleobiology Database API and verify that responses can be parsed correctly.

External Resources

PBDB Data Service

• PBDB Data Service: Documentation
• PBDB Data Service: Usage documentation
  • Record identifiers and record numbers
  • Specifying taxonomic names
  • Ecological and taphonomic vocabulary
  • Specifying dates and times
  • Bibliographic references
  • Output formats and Vocabularies
  • Special parameters

Processing Paleobiology Database Data

• Managing and Processing Data From the Paleobiology Database | Analytical Paleobiology