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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).

NCBI                                               2017-01-24                                          NQUIRE(1)