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A python library for accessing data in the Encyclopedia of Life

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README:

This is a python library for using the Encyclopedia of Life (eol.org) API to access data in the encyclopedia.



REQUIREMENTS:

pyxml



USAGE:
All the library does at the moment is retrieve the xml from the Encycopedia of Life and parse it.  Each method returns a minidom XML object.

>>> from eol import eol
>>> eol = eol()

>>> eol.exemplars()
>>> eol.search('schefflera')
>>> eol.page(1150506)
>>> eol.images(1150506, 1)
>>> eol.videos(1150506, 1)

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A python library for accessing data in the Encyclopedia of Life

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