GBIF API fetch issues on Windows machines

[damianooldoni]

Sometimes trias functions using GBIF API behind the hood return fetching errors, containing the sentence: Error in the HTTP2 framing layer [api.gbif.org]. Impossible to replicate automatically. It seems there is a limit on how fast API calls can follow each other. Maybe to avoid overloading?

This is the returned error:

gbif_has_distribution(145953242,
  country = "BE",
  status = "PRESENT",
  establishmentMeans = "INTRODUCED"
)
Error in curl::curl_fetch_memory(x$url$url, handle = x$url$handle) : 
  Error in the HTTP2 framing layer [api.gbif.org]
10. stop(e)
9. raise_libcurl_error(16L, "Error in the HTTP2 framing layer",
   "", "https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/145953242/distributions?offset=0&limit=100",
   NULL)
8. curl::curl_fetch_memory(x$url$url, handle = x$url$handle)
7. crul_fetch(opts)
6. private$make_request(rr)
5. cli$get(query = args)
4. gbif_GET(url, args, FALSE, curlopts)
3. getdata(data, key, uuid, shortname, args, curlopts)
2. distr_properties <- rgbif::name_usage(
   key = as.integer(taxon_key),
   data = "distribution"
  )$data at gbif_has_distribution.R#101
1. gbif_has_distribution(145953242, country = "BE", status = "PRESENT",
   establishmentMeans = "INTRODUCED")

This issue is important while running unit-tests. In #163 I added skip_on_os("windows") where needed. Of course it's more a patch than a sustainable solution. Something to think about it as this error could also arise in automatised pipelines.

[damianooldoni]

rgbif 3.8.3 has been released: issue with curl should be solved. Still to be check.