Method: Bio::NCBI::REST#einfo

Defined in:

lib/bio/io/ncbirest.rb

#einfo ⇒ Object

List the NCBI database names E-Utils (einfo) service

• eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/einfo.fcgi

pubmed protein nucleotide nuccore nucgss nucest structure genome
books cancerchromosomes cdd gap domains gene genomeprj gensat geo
gds homologene journals mesh ncbisearch nlmcatalog omia omim pmc
popset probe proteinclusters pcassay pccompound pcsubstance snp
taxonomy toolkit unigene unists

Usage

ncbi = Bio::NCBI::REST.new
ncbi.einfo

Bio::NCBI::REST.einfo

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Returns

array of string (database names)

# File 'lib/bio/io/ncbirest.rb', line 68

def einfo
  serv = "http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/einfo.fcgi"
  opts = {}
  response = Bio::Command.post_form(serv, opts)
  result = response.body
  list = result.scan(/<DbName>(.*?)<\/DbName>/m).flatten
  return list
end