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tapir2flat.php:  a simple script to
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consume taiper web services and save the results in a delimited file,
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one record per line.  The current delimiter is backtick '`' but
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that can be changed by changing the $seperator variable located
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in configurableParams.php.
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Command line useage:
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  php taiper2flat.php
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dependencies:
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  php 5+
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  pear
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  HTTP_Request
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I had to install pear and HTTP_Request before it would work (on Ubuntu):
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  sudo apt-get install php-http-request
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This should install all dependencies, but just in case, the full dependency list is:
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  php-net-socket
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  php-net-url
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  php-pear
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  php-http-request
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Necessary files:
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  tapir2flat.php: Driver file
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  configurableParams.php: File containing paramaters that can be configured
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  tapirRequestTemplate.php: Holds the template required to send a tapir request.
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  getAllConcepts.php: holds utility function to get all possible return values from tapir service.
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Possible output files:
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  specieslink.txt:  Where the retrieved records will be stored.  Each line represents one record, delimited by whatever is configured as the delimitation paramater.
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  recordnum.dat:  Holds the starting record number for the most recently sent request.
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  error.log:  Where any errors will be recorded.
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Possible configurations: see configurableParams.php as well.
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  The url of desired tapir service
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  Delimiter to be used to sperate data fields within each record
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  The filter sent to tapir service that specifies search parameters, in xml format.  See http://www.tdwg.org/dav/subgroups/tapir/1.0/docs/tdwg_tapir_specification_2010-05-05.htm#toc47 for documentation on how to do this.