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Created November 22, 2018 19:04
Notes on using NCBI eutils

All requests start with this URL: https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/

  • Use lowercase characters for all parameters except &WebEnv.
  • Special characters, such as quotation marks (“) or the # symbol used in referring to a query key on the History server, should be represented by their URL encodings (%22 for ; %23 for #).
  • If a space is required, use a plus sign (+) instead of a space:
Incorrect: &id=352, 25125, 234
Correct: &id=352,25125,234