biotite.database.entrez

A subpackage for downloading files from the NCBI Entrez database.

Queries

Query

Base class for a wrapper around a search term for the NCBI Entrez search service.

CompositeQuery

A representation of an composite query for the NCBI Entrez search service.

SimpleQuery

A simple query for the NCBI Entrez search service without combination via 'AND', 'OR' or 'NOT'.

Search and fetch

get_database_name

Map a common NCBI Entrez database name to an E-utility database name.

search

Get all PDB IDs that meet the given query requirements, via the NCBI ESearch service.

fetch

Download files from the NCBI Entrez database in various formats.

fetch_single_file

Almost the same as fetch(), but the data for the given UIDs will be stored in a single file.

API keys

set_api_key

Set the NCBI API key.

get_api_key

Get the NCBI API key.