Description

Searches a term in a public NCBI database

Input

Name (Type)
Description
Pattern

meta (map)

Groovy Map containing sample information
e.g. [ id:‘test’ ]

database (value)

Value must be a valid Entrez database name.

term (value)

Entrez text query. All special characters must be URL encoded.
Spaces may be replaced by ’+’ signs.

Output

Name (Type)
Description
Pattern

meta (map)

Groovy Map containing sample information
e.g. [ id:‘test’ ]

versions (file)

File containing software versions

versions.yml

result_xml (file)

Query result text in XML format

*.xml
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Tools

entrezdirect
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Entrez Direct (EDirect) is a method for accessing the NCBI's set of interconnected databases (publication, sequence, structure, gene, variation, expression, etc.) from a UNIX terminal window. Functions take search terms from command line arguments. Individual operations are combined to build multi-step queries. Record retrieval and formatting normally complete the process.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK179288 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK25501 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK25498/ 10.1016/S0076-6879(96)66012-1