Description

Queries an NCBI database using Unique Identifier(s)

Input

Name (Type)
Description
Pattern

meta (map)

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

]

database (value)

Value must be a valid Entrez database name (‘assembly’, etc).

uid (value)

Unique Identifier (UID) of record in NCBI database. Cannot be used at the same time as uids_file

uids_file (file)

Text file containing multiple UIDs. Cannot be used at the same time as uid.

Output

Name (Type)
Description
Pattern

meta (map)

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

]

versions (file)

File containing software versions

versions.yml

xml (file)

Query result in XML format

*.xml

Tools

entrezdirect
PUBLIC DOMAIN

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.