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A programmatic interface to many species occurrence data sources, including Global Biodiversity Information Facility ('GBIF'), 'iNaturalist', 'eBird', Integrated Digitized 'Biocollections' ('iDigBio'), 'VertNet', Ocean 'Biogeographic' Information System ('OBIS'), and Atlas of Living Australia ...

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A programmatic interface to many species occurrence data sources, including Global Biodiversity Information Facility ('GBIF'), 'iNaturalist', 'eBird', Integrated Digitized 'Biocollections' ('iDigBio'), 'VertNet', Ocean 'Biogeographic' Information System ('OBIS'), and Atlas of Living Australia ('ALA'). Includes functionality for retrieving species occurrence data, and combining those data.

Maintainer
Hannah Owens
Latest release
6 Dec 2025
First release
5 Mar 2014

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Releases
26
Needs compilation
No
Config/Needs/sftests
remotes, silicate, sf, sp, testthat
Language
en-US
RoxygenNote
7.3.3
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citation("spocc")
APA
Owens, H., rOpenSci, Barve, V., Chamberlain, S., Hart, T., & Ram, K. (2025). spocc: Interface to Species Occurrence Data Sources (Version 1.2.4) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.spocc
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APA
Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for spocc version 1.2.4 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-28. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040
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No change since 4 Aug 2026

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8 Jun 2026Error12001
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Since March 2026

Check results on CRAN

Total downloads in the last 30 days
5,665+25.5% up on the 30 days before, the better directionIt is the sum of 6 channels: CRAN, r2u, autoCRAN, conda-forge, Bioconda and c2d4u.

CRAN rank

1,543 of 26,530

CRAN

5,262 downloads in the last 30 days

Rank
1,543 of 26,530
Change
+23.3% up on the 30 days before, the better direction

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73 downloads in the last 30 days

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7 downloads in the last 30 days

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276 downloads in the last 30 days

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Needs
13
Dependent packages
4
Suggested by
2
Needs (13)
Installing it adds
133 packages, 106.2 MB of source
Of those, need compilation
67
Optional extras (3)
Dependent packages (4)
PackageTitleDownloads in 30 days
rangeModelMetadataProvides Templates for Metadata Files Associated with Species Range Models3,912
wallaceA Modular Platform for Reproducible Modeling of Species Niches and Distributions2,456
h3sdmSpecies Distribution Modeling with H3 Grids324
paisajeSpatial and Environmental Data Tools for Landscape Ecology262
Functions
171
Public exports
19
Lines of R code
2,905
Median complexity
1
Functions (171)
Size and composition

Lines by kind (5,674)

KindLinesShare
R code2,90551%
Tests1,10820%
Documentation1,66129%

Lines by language

LanguageLinesShare
R3,76866%
Rd1,66129%
JSON2454%

Languages are counted from file extensions.

Files
97
R functions
171
Object systems
S3: 54 methods
Deprecated functions
2
Complexity
Median
1
Mean
2.68
Highest
25
Median lines per function
5
About complexity

Cyclomatic complexity counts the independent paths through a function: 1 is a straight line, higher is harder to test. R functions only.

Call graph figures
R functions
171
Calls
210
Unconnected
21
Groups
8
Growth (26 releases)
Total lines by release
2,232 on 5 Mar 20145,674 on 6 Dec 2025
Release changes

Coverage was measured, but at least one test failed during the run.

Lines run by tests
60.9%
Expressions run by tests
59.7%
Test cases
45
Exports named in tests
52.6%
Coverage by file (27)
Coverage run
Lines counted
1,352
Lines the tests ran
823
Tests passed
No
Measured with
covr 3.6.5 on R 4.6.1
Test suite
Has tests
Yes
Test frameworks
testthat, tinytest, unittest
Test cases
45
Lines of tests
1,108
Test lines per line of code
0.38
Exports documented
100%
Arguments documented
98.9%
Return value documented
61.1%
Help pages with examples
72.7%
Examples run in checks
6.3%
Other documentation
README
No
Release notes file
Yes
Help pages
22
Lines of documentation
1,661

Funded by rOpenSci

ropensci / spocc on github.com

Stars
127+0.79% up on 30 days ago, the better direction
Forks
28
Open issues
20
Last commit
6 Dec 2025
Activity
Commits
885
Open pull requests
0
Tagged releases
22
Latest tagged release
v1.2.3, 6 Mar 2024
Issues closed in
6 days (median)
Pull requests closed in
0 days (median)
Pull requests merged
96%
Created
5 Sep 2013
Licence file reads as
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Development practices (12)
KindFound
Continuous integrationGitHub Actions, R CMD check workflow
The R CMD check workflow runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, and on R-devel
Governance and communityCode of conduct (inherited from ropensci), Contributing guide, Issue templates, PR template
Docs sourcepkgdown
GitHub Pages site last deployed 2019-11-13
Reproducibility and dev environmentMakefile
CRAN release processcran-comments.md, revdep/, CRAN-SUBMISSION

Method, repository practices

Across ropensci

R releases
  • On CRAN
  • Release
VersionReleasedREvents
1.2.4 current6 Dec 20254.5.2
1.2.36 Mar 20244.3.3
1.2.223 Mar 20234.2.3
1.2.18 Mar 20234.2.2Maintainer: Hannah Owens
1.2.05 Jan 20214.0.3
1.1.031 Jul 20204.0.2
1.0.811 Feb 20203.6.2
1.0.22 Nov 20193.6.1
Earlier versions (18)
VersionReleasedR
1.0.022 Oct 20193.6.1
0.9.015 Nov 20183.5.0
0.8.05 Jul 20183.5.0
0.7.021 Apr 20173.4.0
0.6.07 Dec 20163.3.2
0.5.48 Oct 20163.3.1
0.5.023 Apr 20163.2.5
0.4.527 Jan 20163.2.3
0.4.423 Jan 20163.2.3
0.4.02 Oct 20153.2.2
0.3.212 Sep 20153.2.2
0.3.04 Jul 20153.2.1
0.2.422 Jan 20153.1.2
0.2.224 Oct 20143.1.1
0.2.06 Aug 20143.1.1
0.1.425 Jun 20143.1.0
0.1.22 May 20143.1.0
0.1.05 Mar 20143.0.2
Release notes (1.2.4)

Documentation

  • Link to ridigbio::idig_search_records() fixed for as.idigbio().