BHL EndPoint Registry entry

Specify that EMu uses the latest Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) API.

Description

As BHL releases new versions of its API it is important that EMu points to the latest version (the EndPoint). To identify the latest EndPoint visit:

https://about.biodiversitylibrary.org/tools-and-services/developer-and-data-tools/#APIs

Here we see that Version 3 is the latest Endpoint:

Endpoint

We need to specify the Endpoint URL in the BHL EndPoint Registry entry:

Usage

This Registry entry is assigned at the system level only:

Key System
Key 1 System
Key 2 Setting
Key 3 BHL EndPoint
Value endpoint URL

where:

endpoint URL

is the URL for the latest BHL API Endpoint, e.g.:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/api3

Example

This entry specifies that the EndPoint is version 3 of the BHL API:

Key Setting
Key 1 System
Key 2 Setting
Key 3 BHL EndPoint
Value https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/api3