# Copyright 1999-2000 by Jeffrey Chang. All rights reserved. # Copyright 2008 by Michiel de Hoon. All rights reserved. # This code is part of the Biopython distribution and governed by its # license. Please see the LICENSE file that should have been included # as part of this package. """Provides code to access NCBI over the WWW. The main Entrez web page is available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Entrez/ A list of the Entrez utilities is available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/utils/utils_index.html Variables: email Set the Entrez email parameter (default is not set). tool Set the Entrez tool parameter (default is biopython). Functions: efetch Retrieves records in the requested format from a list of one or more primary IDs or from the user's environment epost Posts a file containing a list of primary IDs for future use in the user's environment to use with subsequent search strategies esearch Searches and retrieves primary IDs (for use in EFetch, ELink, and ESummary) and term translations and optionally retains results for future use in the user's environment. elink Checks for the existence of an external or Related Articles link from a list of one or more primary IDs. Retrieves primary IDs and relevancy scores for links to Entrez databases or Related Articles; creates a hyperlink to the primary LinkOut provider for a specific ID and database, or lists LinkOut URLs and Attributes for multiple IDs. einfo Provides field index term counts, last update, and available links for each database. esummary Retrieves document summaries from a list of primary IDs or from the user's environment. egquery Provides Entrez database counts in XML for a single search using Global Query. espell Retrieves spelling suggestions. read Parses the XML results returned by any of the above functions. Typical usage is: >>> handle = Entrez.einfo() # or esearch, efetch, ... >>> record = Entrez.read(handle) where record is now a Python dictionary or list. _open Internally used function. """ import urllib, time, warnings import os.path from Bio import File email = None tool = "biopython" # XXX retmode? def epost(db, **keywds): """Post a file of identifiers for future use. Posts a file containing a list of UIs for future use in the user's environment to use with subsequent search strategies. See the online documentation for an explanation of the parameters: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/epost_help.html Return a handle to the results. Raises an IOError exception if there's a network error. """ cgi='http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/epost.fcgi' variables = {'db' : db} variables.update(keywds) return _open(cgi, variables, post=True) def efetch(db, **keywds): """Fetches Entrez results which are returned as a handle. EFetch retrieves records in the requested format from a list of one or more UIs or from user's environment. See the online documentation for an explanation of the parameters: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/efetch_help.html Return a handle to the results. Raises an IOError exception if there's a network error. Short example: from Bio import Entrez handle = Entrez.efetch(db="nucleotide", id="57240072", rettype="gb") print handle.read() """ for key in keywds: if key.lower()=="rettype" and keywds[key].lower()=="genbank": warnings.warn('As of Easter 2009, Entrez EFetch no longer ' 'supports the unofficial return type "genbank", ' 'use "gb" or "gp" instead.', DeprecationWarning) if db.lower()=="protein": keywds[key] = "gp" #GenPept else: keywds[key] = "gb" #GenBank cgi='http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/efetch.fcgi' variables = {'db' : db} variables.update(keywds) return _open(cgi, variables) def esearch(db, term, **keywds): """ESearch runs an Entrez search and returns a handle to the results. ESearch searches and retrieves primary IDs (for use in EFetch, ELink and ESummary) and term translations, and optionally retains results for future use in the user's environment. See the online documentation for an explanation of the parameters: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/esearch_help.html Return a handle to the results which are always in XML format. Raises an IOError exception if there's a network error. Short example: from Bio import Entez handle = Entrez.esearch(db="nucleotide", retmax=10, term="Opuntia") record = Entrez.read(handle) print record["Count"] print record["IdList"] """ cgi='http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esearch.fcgi' variables = {'db' : db, 'term' : term} variables.update(keywds) return _open(cgi, variables) def elink(**keywds): """ELink checks for linked external articles and returns a handle. ELink checks for the existence of an external or Related Articles link from a list of one or more primary IDs; retrieves IDs and relevancy scores for links to Entrez databases or Related Articles; creates a hyperlink to the primary LinkOut provider for a specific ID and database, or lists LinkOut URLs and attributes for multiple IDs. See the online documentation for an explanation of the parameters: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/elink_help.html Return a handle to the results, by default in XML format. Raises an IOError exception if there's a network error. """ cgi='http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi' variables = {} variables.update(keywds) return _open(cgi, variables) def einfo(**keywds): """EInfo returns a summary of the Entez databases as a results handle. EInfo provides field names, index term counts, last update, and available links for each Entrez database. See the online documentation for an explanation of the parameters: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/einfo_help.html Return a handle to the results, by default in XML format. Raises an IOError exception if there's a network error. Short example: from Bio import Entrez record = Entrez.read(Entrez.einfo()) print record['DbList'] """ cgi='http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/einfo.fcgi' variables = {} variables.update(keywds) return _open(cgi, variables) def esummary(**keywds): """ESummary retrieves document summaries as a results handle. ESummary retrieves document summaries from a list of primary IDs or from the user's environment. See the online documentation for an explanation of the parameters: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/esummary_help.html Return a handle to the results, by default in XML format. Raises an IOError exception if there's a network error. """ cgi='http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esummary.fcgi' variables = {} variables.update(keywds) return _open(cgi, variables) def egquery(**keywds): """EGQuery provides Entrez database counts for a global search. EGQuery provides Entrez database counts in XML for a single search using Global Query. See the online documentation for an explanation of the parameters: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/egquery_help.html Return a handle to the results in XML format. Raises an IOError exception if there's a network error. """ cgi='http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/egquery.fcgi' variables = {} variables.update(keywds) return _open(cgi, variables) def espell(**keywds): """ESpell retrieves spelling suggestions, returned in a results handle. ESpell retrieves spelling suggestions, if available. See the online documentation for an explanation of the parameters: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/espell_help.html Return a handle to the results, by default in XML format. Raises an IOError exception if there's a network error. Short example: from Bio import Entrez record = Entrez.read(Entrez.espell(term="biopythooon")) print record["Query"] print record["CorrectedQuery"] """ cgi='http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/espell.fcgi' variables = {} variables.update(keywds) return _open(cgi, variables) def read(handle): """Parses an XML file from the NCBI Entrez Utilities into python objects. This function parses an XML file created by NCBI's Entrez Utilities, returning a multilevel data structure of Python lists and dictionaries. Most XML files returned by NCBI's Entrez Utilities can be parsed by this function, provided its DTD is available. Biopython includes the DTDs for most commonly used Entrez Utilities. Whereas the data structure seems to consist of generic Python lists, dictionaries, strings, and so on, each of these is actually a class derived from the base type. This allows us to store the attributes (if any) of each element in a dictionary my_element.attributes, and the tag name in my_element.tag. """ from Parser import DataHandler DTDs = os.path.join(str(__path__[0]), "DTDs") handler = DataHandler(DTDs) record = handler.read(handle) return record def parse(handle): from Parser import DataHandler DTDs = os.path.join(str(__path__[0]), "DTDs") handler = DataHandler(DTDs) records = handler.parse(handle) return records def _open(cgi, params={}, post=False): """Helper function to build the URL and open a handle to it (PRIVATE). Open a handle to Entrez. cgi is the URL for the cgi script to access. params is a dictionary with the options to pass to it. Does some simple error checking, and will raise an IOError if it encounters one. This function also enforces the "up to three queries per second rule" to avoid abusing the NCBI servers. """ # NCBI requirement: At most three queries per second. # Equivalently, at least a third of second between queries delay = 0.333333334 current = time.time() wait = _open.previous + delay - current if wait > 0: time.sleep(wait) _open.previous = current + wait else: _open.previous = current # Remove None values from the parameters for key, value in params.items(): if value is None: del params[key] # Tell Entrez that we are using Biopython (or whatever the user has # specified explicitly in the parameters or by changing the default) if not "tool" in params: params["tool"] = tool # Tell Entrez who we are if not "email" in params: if email!=None: params["email"] = email else: warnings.warn(""" Email address is not specified. To make use of NCBI's E-utilities, NCBI strongly recommends you to specify your email address with each request. From June 1, 2010, this will be mandatory. As an example, if your email address is A.N.Other@example.com, you can specify it as follows: from Bio import Entrez Entrez.email = 'A.N.Other@example.com' In case of excessive usage of the E-utilities, NCBI will attempt to contact a user at the email address provided before blocking access to the E-utilities.""", UserWarning) # Open a handle to Entrez. options = urllib.urlencode(params, doseq=True) if post: #HTTP POST handle = urllib.urlopen(cgi, data=options) else: #HTTP GET cgi += "?" + options handle = urllib.urlopen(cgi) # Wrap the handle inside an UndoHandle. uhandle = File.UndoHandle(handle) # Check for errors in the first 7 lines. # This is kind of ugly. lines = [] for i in range(7): lines.append(uhandle.readline()) for i in range(6, -1, -1): uhandle.saveline(lines[i]) try: data = ''.join(lines) except TypeError: #On Python 3 the lines will be bytes not unicode strings... data = ''.join(x.decode() for x in lines) #Note that this doesn't alter the nature of the UndoHandle this #function will return to the caller (it will still be using bytes) if "500 Proxy Error" in data: # Sometimes Entrez returns a Proxy Error instead of results raise IOError("500 Proxy Error (NCBI busy?)") elif "502 Proxy Error" in data: raise IOError("502 Proxy Error (NCBI busy?)") elif "WWW Error 500 Diagnostic" in data: raise IOError("WWW Error 500 Diagnostic (NCBI busy?)") elif "Service unavailable!" in data: #Probably later in the file it will say "Error 503" raise IOError("Service unavailable!") elif "Bad Gateway!" in data: #Probably later in the file it will say: # "The proxy server received an invalid # response from an upstream server." raise IOError("Bad Gateway!") elif "414 Request-URI Too Large" in data \ or "

Request-URI Too Large

" in data: raise IOError("Requested URL too long (try using EPost?)") elif data.startswith("Error:"): #e.g. 'Error: Your session has expired. Please repeat your search.\n' raise IOError(data.strip()) elif data.startswith("The resource is temporarily unavailable"): #This can occur with an invalid query_key #Perhaps this should be a ValueError? raise IOError("The resource is temporarily unavailable") elif data.startswith("download dataset is empty"): #This can occur when omit the identifier, or the WebEnv and query_key #Perhaps this should be a ValueError? raise IOError("download dataset is empty") elif data[:5] == "ERROR": # XXX Possible bug here, because I don't know whether this really # occurs on the first line. I need to check this! raise IOError("ERROR, possibly because id not available?") # Should I check for 404? timeout? etc? return uhandle _open.previous = 0