`SimpleQuery`#

class biotite.database.entrez.SimpleQuery(term, field=None)[source]#

Bases: Query

A simple query for the NCBI Entrez search service without combination via ‘AND’, ‘OR’ or ‘NOT’. A query consists of a search term and an optional field.

A list of available search fields with description can be found here.

Parameters:

term: str: The search term.
fieldstr, optional: The field to search the term in. The list of possible fields and the required search term formatting can be found here. By default the field is omitted and all fields are searched in for the term, implicitly.

Examples

>>> query = SimpleQuery("Escherichia coli")
>>> print(query)
"Escherichia coli"
>>> query = SimpleQuery("Escherichia coli", "Organism")
>>> print(query)
"Escherichia coli"[Organism]