Add a fonction to fetch taxonomic information

[abichat]

Hi,

Currently, to retrieve taxonomic information (kingdom, phylum, class, ..., subspecies) for a set of taxon IDs, I manually download a CSV file from this forum thread and read it locally.

> read_csv("taxonomy.csv") 
# A tibble: 1,390,674 × 16
      id taxonID                   identifier parentNameUsageID kingdom phylum class order family genus specificEpithet infraspecificEpithet modified            scientificName taxonRank references
   <dbl> <chr>                     <chr>      <chr>             <chr>   <chr>  <chr> <chr> <chr>  <chr> <chr>           <chr>                <dttm>              <chr>          <chr>     <chr>     
 1     1 https://www.inaturalist.… https://w… https://www.inat… Animal… NA     NA    NA    NA     NA    NA              NA                   2021-11-02 06:05:44 Animalia       kingdom   http://ww…
 2     2 https://www.inaturalist.… https://w… https://www.inat… Animal… Chord… NA    NA    NA     NA    NA              NA                   2021-11-23 00:40:18 Chordata       phylum    http://ww…
 3     3 https://www.inaturalist.… https://w… https://www.inat… Animal… Chord… Aves  NA    NA     NA    NA              NA                   2023-04-18 02:04:33 Aves           class     http://ww…
 4     4 https://www.inaturalist.… https://w… https://www.inat… Animal… Chord… Aves  Grui… NA     NA    NA              NA                   2019-10-19 15:14:18 Gruiformes     order     http://ww…
 5     5 https://www.inaturalist.… https://w… https://www.inat… Animal… Chord… Aves  Grui… Arami… NA    NA              NA                   2022-03-24 16:38:28 Aramidae       family    http://ww…
 6     6 https://www.inaturalist.… https://w… https://www.inat… Animal… Chord… Aves  Grui… Arami… Aram… NA              NA                   2020-02-11 06:43:19 Aramus         genus     http://ww…
 7     7 https://www.inaturalist.… https://w… https://www.inat… Animal… Chord… Aves  Grui… Arami… Aram… guarauna        NA                   2022-03-30 18:35:55 Aramus guarau… species   http://ww…
 8    12 https://www.inaturalist.… https://w… https://www.inat… Animal… Chord… Aves  Cari… Caria… NA    NA              NA                   2022-03-24 16:37:54 Cariamidae     family    http://ww…
 9    13 https://www.inaturalist.… https://w… https://www.inat… Animal… Chord… Aves  Cari… Caria… Cari… NA              NA                   2018-12-19 08:58:24 Cariama        genus     http://ww…
10    14 https://www.inaturalist.… https://w… https://www.inat… Animal… Chord… Aves  Cari… Caria… Cari… cristata        NA                   2021-07-06 02:04:43 Cariama crist… species   http://ww…
# ℹ 1,390,664 more rows
# ℹ Use `print(n = ...)` to see more rows

Would it be possible to add a function to get this kind of dataset about taxonomic information from set of taxon IDs? And optionally include a recursion feature to retrieve information for parent taxa.

This would streamline workflows and enhance the package’s flexibility for taxonomic analyses.

Thank you for your package, and considering this addition!