TaxonWorks API

main.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net/http"

	"github.com/gnames/gnlib/encode"
)

const (
	url = "https://sfg.taxonworks.org/api/v1/taxon_names?nomenclature_group[]=Family&project_token=adhBi59dc13U7RxbgNE5HQ"
)

type recordTW struct {
	ID         int    `json:"id"`
	Name       string `json:"name"`
	Code       string `json:"nomenclatural_code"`
	Rank       string `json:"rank_string"`
	NameString string `json:"name_string"`
}

func main() {
	// lets say we only care to grab the fields that are in recordTW structure
	var response []recordTW
	resp, _ := http.Get(url)
	respBytes, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	_ = encode.GNjson{Pretty: true}.Decode(respBytes, &response)
	for i, rec := range response {
		fmt.Printf("%d: %s\n", i, rec.NameString)
	}
}