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).