NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       nquire [-help] [-get] [-url URL] [-eutils] [component ...] [-tag value ...]

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).

       -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.)

SEE ALSO

       edirect(1), xtract(1).