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EOL Get Collection

Get a curated collection from the Encyclopedia of Life. EOL collections are user-curated lists of species pages organized by theme (e.g., endangered species, invasive species, species of a region). Returns collection name, description, and member items with their page IDs. Supports pagination and filtering by object type (taxa, articles, etc.).

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Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "collection_id": {
      "description": "EOL collection ID. Example: 176 (Fingertip Fauna), 6 (a sample collection).",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "filter": {
      "default": "",
      "description": "Filter items by type: 'taxa', 'text', 'image', 'sound', 'video', 'collection', 'community', 'user'. Leave empty for all types.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "page": {
      "default": 1,
      "description": "Page number for paginated results.",
      "minimum": 1,
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "per_page": {
      "default": 50,
      "description": "Number of items per page (max 500).",
      "maximum": 500,
      "minimum": 1,
      "type": "integer"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "collection_id"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default EOL Get Collection call

public-safeinput

{
  "collection_id": 1,
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 1
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_EOL_get_collection
Tool name: EOL_get_collection
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

EOL Get Collection

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 302msCortexa

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{ "properties": { "collection_id": { "description": "EOL collection ID. Example: 176 (Fingertip Fauna), 6 (a sample collection).", "type": "integer" }, "filter": { "default": "", "description": "Filter items by type: 'taxa', 'text', 'image', 'sound', 'video', 'collection', 'community', 'user'. Leave empty for all types.", "type": "string" }, "page": { "default": 1, "description": "Page number for paginated results.", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer" }, "per_page": { "default": 50, "description": "Number of items per page (max 500).", "maximum": 500, "minimum": 1, "type": "integer" } }, "required": [ "collection_id" ], "type": "object" }