Method: Bio::TogoWS::REST#entry

Defined in:

lib/bio/io/togows.rb

#entry(database, ids, format = nil, field = nil) ⇒ Object

Retrieves entries corresponding to the specified IDs.

Example:

t = Bio::TogoWS::REST.new
kuma = t.entry('ncbi-nucleotide', 'AF237819')
# multiple IDs at a time
misc = t.entry('ncbi-nucleotide', [ 'AF237819', 'AF237820' ])
# with format change
p53 = t.entry('uniprot', 'P53_HUMAN', 'fasta')

---

Arguments:

• (required) database: (String) database name

• (required) ids: (String) an entry ID, or (Array containing String) IDs. Note that strings containing “,” are regarded as multiple IDs.

• (optional) format: (String) format. nil means the default format (differs depending on the database).

• (optional) field: (String) gets only the specified field if not nil

Returns

String or nil

# File 'lib/bio/io/togows.rb', line 241

def entry(database, ids, format = nil, field = nil)
  begin
    a = ids.to_ary
  rescue NoMethodError
    ids = ids.to_s
  end

  arg = [ 'entry', database ]
  if a then
    b = a.dup
    (a.size - 1).downto(1) { |i| b.insert(i, :",") }
    arg.concat b
  else
    arg.push ids
  end

  arg.push field if field
  arg[-1] = "#{arg[-1]}.#{format}" if format
  response = get(*arg)

  prepare_return_value(response)
end