GBIF download script - requests archive that includes all of GBIF spatial records without (spatial) issues.

filter.json

{
  "creator":"jhpoelen",
  "notification_address": ["jhpoelen+gbif@gmail.com"],
  "predicate":
  {
    "type":"and",
    "predicates": [
      {"type":"equals","key":"HAS_GEOSPATIAL_ISSUE","value":"false"},
      {"type":"equals","key":"HAS_COORDINATE","value":"true"}
    ]
  }
}

gbif_download.sh

# Sample script to request occurrence downloads from GBIF
# see http://www.gbif.org/developer/occurrence

if [ ! $# -eq 3 ] 
  then
  echo "usage: gbif_download [username] [password] [filter filename]"
  exit
fi

USER=$1
PASSWORD=$2
FILTER_JSON=$3 

curl -i --user $USER:$PASSWORD -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" -X POST -d @$FILTER_JSON http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/request

gbif_download_status.sh

# Sample script to check the status of occurrence downloads from GBIF
# see http://www.gbif.org/developer/occurrence

if [ ! $# -eq 2 ] 
  then
  echo "usage: gbif_download [username] [password]"
  exit
fi

USER=$1
PASSWORD=$2

curl -i --user $USER:$PASSWORD -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/user/$USER

sample_download_status.json

{
    "offset": 0,
    "limit": 20,
    "endOfRecords": true,
    "count": 5,
    "results": [
        {
            "key": "0000381-150615163101818",
            "doi": "doi:10.15468/dl.izel5b",
            "request": {
                "predicate": {
                    "type": "and",
                    "predicates": [
                        {
                            "type": "equals",
                            "key": "HAS_GEOSPATIAL_ISSUE",
                            "value": "false"
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "equals",
                            "key": "HAS_COORDINATE",
                            "value": "true"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                "creator": "jhpoelen",
                "format": "DWCA",
                "notificationAddresses": [
                    "jhpoelen+gbif@gmail.com"
                ],
                "sendNotification": false
            },
            "created": "2015-06-16T16:09:01.737+0000",
            "modified": "2015-06-16T17:56:29.555+0000",
            "status": "SUCCEEDED",
            "downloadLink": "http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/request/0000381-150615163101818.zip",
            "size": 76382210827,
            "totalRecords": 470818956,
            "numberDatasets": 11758
        },
        {
            "key": "0007639-141024112412452",
            "request": {
                "creator": "jhpoelen",
                "format": "DWCA",
                "notificationAddresses": [
                    "jhpoelen@xs4all.nl"
                ],
                "sendNotification": true
            },
            "created": "2014-11-21T22:56:20.081+0000",
            "modified": "2014-11-21T22:56:53.419+0000",
            "status": "CANCELLED",
            "downloadLink": "http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/request/0007639-141024112412452.zip",
            "size": 0,
            "totalRecords": 517325594,
            "numberDatasets": 0
        },
        {
            "key": "0007609-141024112412452",
            "request": {
                "creator": "jhpoelen",
                "format": "DWCA",
                "notificationAddresses": [
                    "jhpoelen@xs4all.nl"
                ],
                "sendNotification": true
            },
            "created": "2014-11-21T21:04:59.352+0000",
            "modified": "2014-11-21T23:57:34.156+0000",
            "status": "SUCCEEDED",
            "downloadLink": "http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/request/0007609-141024112412452.zip",
            "size": 80999381097,
            "totalRecords": 517325594,
            "numberDatasets": 12596
        },
        {
            "key": "0001155-140711145354668",
            "request": {
                "creator": "jhpoelen",
                "format": "DWCA",
                "notificationAddresses": [
                    "jhpoelen@xs4all.nl"
                ],
                "sendNotification": false
            },
            "created": "2014-07-19T15:01:35.726+0000",
            "modified": "2014-07-19T23:11:20.460+0000",
            "status": "SUCCEEDED",
            "downloadLink": "http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/request/0001155-140711145354668.zip",
            "size": 41308707727,
            "totalRecords": 447514771,
            "numberDatasets": 12449
        },
        {
            "key": "0001094-140711145354668",
            "request": {
                "predicate": {
                    "type": "equals",
                    "key": "TAXON_KEY",
                    "value": "2440447"
                },
                "creator": "jhpoelen",
                "format": "DWCA",
                "notificationAddresses": [
                    "jhpoelen@xs4all.nl"
                ],
                "sendNotification": false
            },
            "created": "2014-07-18T19:56:13.260+0000",
            "modified": "2014-07-18T19:58:32.312+0000",
            "status": "SUCCEEDED",
            "downloadLink": "http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/request/0001094-140711145354668.zip",
            "size": 4769479,
            "totalRecords": 29505,
            "numberDatasets": 121
        }
    ]
}