[API/GET] Gather taxon_id information from taxo name

This suggestion addresses a modification of the following endpoint:

/api/get/taxon/{taxid}

from which the taxon_id, a number (ex. 1423), returns the following response

{
  "id": "ncbi:1423",
  "name": "Bacillus subtilis",
  "path": [
    "ncbi:1/ncbi:131567/ncbi:2/ncbi:1783272/ncbi:1239/ncbi:91061/ncbi:1385/ncbi:186817/ncbi:1386/ncbi:653685/ncbi:1423"
  ],
  "qps": "yes"
}
 

Could it be possible to add a new endpoint to gather the taxon information from the name as input? Here's a proposal:

/api/get/taxons/{name}

Whith the name Bacillus subtilis, the response would be:

{
  "name": "Bacillus subtilis",
  "taxons" : [
      {
       "id": "ncbi:1423",
       "path": [
       "ncbi:1/ncbi:131567/ncbi:2/ncbi:1783272/ncbi:1239/ncbi:91061/ncbi:1385/ncbi:186817/ncbi:1386/ncbi:653685/ncbi:1423"
  ],
       "qps": "yes"
      }, 
      { other taxon info if is the case }, 
      {...},
  ]
}

Thanks

assigned to @sandraderozier

mentioned in commit 5c47734d

Deployed in local development

assigned to @aaron.millan-oropeza and unassigned @sandraderozier

@aaron.millan-oropeza Deployed on the Migale development server. To be tested and validated before going into production.

@sandraderozier the endpoint works as a charm on the dev server. Thank you very much

mentioned in merge request !14 (merged)

closed