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Retrieve WoRMS Records with Retry Mechanism

Source: R/ifcb_helper_functions.R
retrieve_worms_records.Rd

[Deprecated]

This helper function was deprecated as it has been replaced by a main function: ifcb_match_taxon_name.

This helper function attempts to retrieve WoRMS records using the provided taxa names. It retries the operation if an error occurs, up to a specified number of attempts.

Usage

retrieve_worms_records(
  taxa_names,
  max_retries = 3,
  sleep_time = 10,
  marine_only = FALSE,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

taxa_names

A character vector of taxa names to retrieve records for.

max_retries

An integer specifying the maximum number of attempts to retrieve records.

sleep_time

A numeric value indicating the number of seconds to wait between retry attempts.

marine_only

Logical. If TRUE, restricts the search to marine taxa only. Default is FALSE.

verbose

A logical indicating whether to print progress messages. Default is TRUE.

Value

A list of WoRMS records or NULL if the retrieval fails after the maximum number of attempts.