Bio.ExPASy package
Submodules
Module contents
Code to access resources at ExPASy over the WWW.
- Functions:
get_prodoc_entry Interface to the get-prodoc-entry CGI script.
get_prosite_entry Interface to the get-prosite-entry CGI script.
get_prosite_raw Interface to the get-prosite-raw CGI script.
get_sprot_raw Interface to the get-sprot-raw CGI script.
- Bio.ExPASy.get_prodoc_entry(id, cgi='https://prosite.expasy.org/cgi-bin/prosite/get-prodoc-entry')
Get a text handle to a PRODOC entry at ExPASy in HTML format.
>>> from Bio import ExPASy >>> import os >>> with ExPASy.get_prodoc_entry('PDOC00001') as in_handle: ... html = in_handle.read() ... >>> with open("myprodocrecord.html", "w") as out_handle: ... length = out_handle.write(html) ... >>> os.remove("myprodocrecord.html") # tidy up
For a non-existing key XXX, ExPASy returns an HTML-formatted page containing this text: ‘There is currently no PROSITE entry for’
- Bio.ExPASy.get_prosite_entry(id, cgi='https://prosite.expasy.org/cgi-bin/prosite/get-prosite-entry')
Get a text handle to a PROSITE entry at ExPASy in HTML format.
>>> from Bio import ExPASy >>> import os >>> with ExPASy.get_prosite_entry('PS00001') as in_handle: ... html = in_handle.read() ... >>> with open("myprositerecord.html", "w") as out_handle: ... length = out_handle.write(html) ... >>> os.remove("myprositerecord.html") # tidy up
For a non-existing key XXX, ExPASy returns an HTML-formatted page containing this text: ‘There is currently no PROSITE entry for’
- Bio.ExPASy.get_prosite_raw(id, cgi=None)
Get a text handle to a raw PROSITE or PRODOC record at ExPASy.
The cgi argument is deprecated due to changes in the ExPASy website.
>>> from Bio import ExPASy >>> from Bio.ExPASy import Prosite >>> with ExPASy.get_prosite_raw('PS00001') as handle: ... record = Prosite.read(handle) ... >>> print(record.accession) PS00001
This function raises a ValueError if the identifier does not exist:
>>> handle = ExPASy.get_prosite_raw("DOES_NOT_EXIST") Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: Failed to find entry 'DOES_NOT_EXIST' on ExPASy
- Bio.ExPASy.get_sprot_raw(id)
Get a text handle to a raw SwissProt entry at ExPASy.
For an ID of XXX, fetches http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/XXX.txt (as per the https://www.expasy.org/expasy_urls.html documentation).
>>> from Bio import ExPASy >>> from Bio import SwissProt >>> with ExPASy.get_sprot_raw("O23729") as handle: ... record = SwissProt.read(handle) ... >>> print(record.entry_name) CHS3_BROFI
This function raises a ValueError if the identifier does not exist:
>>> ExPASy.get_sprot_raw("DOES_NOT_EXIST") Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: Failed to find SwissProt entry 'DOES_NOT_EXIST'