EInfo

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EInfo is an NCBI E-utilities endpoint that provides metadata and field information about a specific NCBI database.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NCBI E-utilities endpoint
web API method
accesses NCBI databases
behaviorWithoutDb returns list of all supported NCBI databases
belongsToPlatform Entrez Programming Utilities NERFINISHED
canBeCalledWithoutDb true
defaultFormat XML
documentationURL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK25501/#chapter2.EInfo
endpointURLPattern https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/einfo.fcgi
hasFullName EInfo utility
outputElement DbInfo
FieldList
LinkList
parameter db
retmode
version
partOf NCBI E-utilities NERFINISHED
primaryFunction provide database metadata
provide field information
providedBy National Center for Biotechnology Information NERFINISHED
rateLimitedBy NCBI E-utilities usage policies
relatedTo EFetch NERFINISHED
ELink
ESearch NERFINISHED
ESummary
requires NCBI database name as db parameter
returns available search fields
database last update date
database record count
database summary information
field abbreviations
field data types
field descriptions
field term counts
link information to other NCBI databases
scope Entrez databases such as pubmed, nucleotide, protein, gene, and others
supportsFormat JSON
XML
supportsHTTPMethod GET
POST
supportsOperation retrieving information about a specific NCBI database
usedBy NCBI API clients NERFINISHED
bioinformatics applications
data integration pipelines
usedFor checking database availability
discovering valid search fields for a database
programmatic configuration of queries
retrieving database statistics

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