GBIF Image Scraper

📸 A python script to extract images and metadata from Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) for any species.

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📌 Features

✅ Fetches occurrence records from GBIF using taxonKey.
✅ Downloads species images and names them based on the catalog number.
✅ Saves metadata in an Excel file (metadata.xlsx).
✅ Easy-to-use command-line interface.

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📦 Requirements

Before running the script, ensure you have the required dependencies installed:

• requests
• pandas

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⚙️ Installation & Usage

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/bslgrg00/gbif-image-scraper.git

2. Install required dependencies:

   pip install requests pandas

3. Find the taxonKey for your species from GBIF.

4. Run the script with comma-separated taxonKeys:

   python gbif_scrapper.py <taxonKey1>,<taxonKey2>,<taxonKey3>

   Example:

   python gbif_scrapper.py 1234567,9876543,9810246  # Replace with the actual taxonKeys for your species

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📂 Output

✅ Images are saved in the images/ directory.
✅ Metadata is stored in metadata.xlsx.

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