Method: Bio::PubMed#esearch

Defined in:
lib/bio/io/pubmed.rb

#esearch(str, hash = {}) ⇒ Object

Search the PubMed database by given keywords using E-Utils and returns an array of PubMed IDs.

For information on the possible arguments, see eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/esearch_help.html#PubMed

Arguments:

  • str: query string (required)

  • hash: hash of E-Utils options

    • _“retmode”_: “xml”, “html”, …

    • _“rettype”_: “medline”, …

    • _“retmax”_: integer (default 100)

    • _“retstart”_: integer

    • _“field”_

    • _“reldate”_

    • _“mindate”_

    • _“maxdate”_

    • _“datetype”_

Returns

array of PubMed IDs or a number of results



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# File 'lib/bio/io/pubmed.rb', line 92

def esearch(str, hash = {})
  opts = { "db" => "pubmed" }
  opts.update(hash)
  super(str, opts)
end