GET /einfo.fcgi

nih.gov:ncbi-e-utilities

Summary: Retrieve database statistics and information
Operation ID: einfo
Auth: unknown
Description

EInfo provides field index term counts, last update, and available links for each of NCBI's databases. If no database is specified, EInfo returns a list of all valid Entrez databases.

Parameters (3)

api_key (string, query, optional)

NCBI API key for higher rate limits (optional but recommended for heavy usage)

db (string, query, optional)

Database name. If omitted, returns list of all valid Entrez databases.

Constraints: {'enum': ['pubmed', 'protein', 'nuccore', 'ipg', 'nucleotide', 'structure', 'genome', 'annotinfo', 'assembly', 'bioproject', 'biosample', 'blastdbinfo', 'books', 'cdd', 'clinvar', 'gap', 'gapplus', 'grasp', 'dbvar', 'gene', 'gds', 'geoprofiles', 'medgen', 'mesh', 'nlmcatalog', 'omim', 'orgtrack', 'pmc', 'proteinclusters', 'pcassay', 'protfam', 'pccompound', 'pcsubstance', 'seqannot', 'snp', 'sra', 'taxonomy', 'biocollections', 'gtr']}

retmode (string, query, optional)

Return mode. Use 'json' for JSON output, 'xml' for XML output.

Constraints: {'enum': ['xml', 'json']}

Examples (3)

TitleTypeURLAction
List all available Entrez databases curl https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/einfo.fcgi
Get PubMed database statistics in JSON curl https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/einfo.fcgi?db=pubmed&retmode=json
Get Protein database information in XML curl https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/einfo.fcgi?db=protein&retmode=xml

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