NAME

       nquire - query NCBI Entrez Utilities or other parameter-based web services

SYNOPSIS

       nquire  [-help]  [-ftp host dir file]  [-get]  [-url URL]  [-eutils name]  [component ...]
       [-tag value ...] [-examples] [-version]

DESCRIPTION

       nquire performs raw HTTP(S) queries against web services such  as  NCBI  E-Utilities  that
       take GET or POST parameters.

OPTIONS

       -help  Print   usage   information,  complete  with  a  few  examples,  some  additionally
              illustrating the use of xtract(1).

       -ftp host dir file
              Use FTP instead of HTTP.

       -get   Use HTTP(S) GET instead of POST.

       -url URL
              Base URL for external search.

       -eutils name
              Shorthand for -url https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils.

       component
              Add /component to the base URL.  (Must precede any tag/value pairs.)

       -tag value ...
              Add &tag=value,... to the base URL.  (Must follow any simple components.)

       -examples
              Examples of advanced queries.

       -version
              Print version number.  SH SEE ALSO edirect(1), nquire(1), xtract(1).