Date accepted: 2025-01-28
Submitting Author Name: William Gearty
Submitting Author Github Handle: @willgearty
Other Package Authors Github handles: (comma separated, delete if none) @sckott, @maelle
Repository: https://github.com/ropensci/rredlist
Version submitted:
Submission type: Standard
Editor: @robitalec
Reviewers: @stephhazlitt, @KevCaz

Archive: TBD
Version accepted: TBD
Language: en

• Paste the full DESCRIPTION file inside a code block below:

Package: rredlist
Type: Package
Title: 'IUCN' Red List Client
Description: 'IUCN' Red List (<https://api.iucnredlist.org/>) client.
    The 'IUCN' Red List is a global list of threatened and endangered species.
    Functions cover all of the Red List 'API' routes. An 'API' key is required.
Version: 0.7.1.9000
Authors@R: 
    c(person(given = "William",
             family = "Gearty",
             role = c("aut", "cre"),
             email = "willgearty@gmail.com"),
      person(given = "Scott",
             family = "Chamberlain",
             role = c("aut"),
             email = "myrmecocystus@gmail.com"),
      person(given = "rOpenSci",
             role = "fnd",
             comment = "https://ropensci.org/"),
      person(given = "Maëlle",
             family = "Salmon",
             role = "ctb",
             email = "maelle.salmon@yahoo.se")
      )
License: MIT + file LICENSE
URL: https://docs.ropensci.org/rredlist/,
     https://github.com/ropensci/rredlist
BugReports: https://github.com/ropensci/rredlist/issues
Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
Encoding: UTF-8
Language: en-US
Imports:
    crul (>= 0.3.8),
    jsonlite (>= 1.1),
    lifecycle
Suggests:
    spelling,
    testthat,
    vcr (>= 0.4.0),
    knitr,
    rmarkdown
RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
VignetteBuilder: knitr
X-schema.org-applicationCategory: Biodiversity
X-schema.org-keywords: IUCN, biodiversity, API, web-services, traits, habitat, species, conservation
X-schema.org-isPartOf: https://ropensci.org

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Package retrieves data from the IUCN Red List.

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The IUCN Red List is used by a broad range of users, including biologists, ecologists, conservationists, activists, etc. It has many uses including

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