Provided by: libbio-perl-perl_1.6.923-1_all 
NAME
Bio::DB::Query::GenBank - Build a GenBank Entrez Query
SYNOPSIS
use Bio::DB::Query::GenBank;
use Bio::DB::GenBank;
my $query_string = 'Oryza[Organism] AND EST[Keyword]';
my $query = Bio::DB::Query::GenBank->new(-db => 'nucleotide',
-query => $query_string,
-mindate => '2001',
-maxdate => '2002');
print $query->count,"\n";
# get a Genbank database handle
my $gb = Bio::DB::GenBank->new();
my $stream = $gb->get_Stream_by_query($query);
while (my $seq = $stream->next_seq) {
# do something with the sequence object
}
# initialize the list yourself
my $query = Bio::DB::Query::GenBank->new(-ids=>[195052,2981014,11127914]);
DESCRIPTION
This class encapsulates NCBI Entrez queries. It can be used to store a list of GI
numbers, to translate an Entrez query expression into a list of GI numbers, or to count
the number of terms that would be returned by a query. Once created, the query object can
be passed to a Bio::DB::GenBank object in order to retrieve the entries corresponding to
the query.
FEEDBACK
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rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will
be able look at the problem and quickly address it. Please include a thorough description
of the problem with code and data examples if at all possible.
Reporting Bugs
Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track the bugs and their
resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the web:
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AUTHOR - Lincoln Stein
Email lstein@cshl.org
APPENDIX
The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are
usually preceded with a _
new
Title : new
Usage : $db = Bio::DB::Query::GenBank->new(@args)
Function: create new query object
Returns : new query object
Args : -db database (see below for allowable values)
-query query string
-mindate minimum date to retrieve from (YYYY/MM/DD)
-maxdate maximum date to retrieve from (YYYY/MM/DD)
-reldate relative date to retrieve from (days)
-datetype date field to use ('edat' or 'mdat')
-ids array ref of gids (overrides query)
-maxids the maximum number of IDs you wish to collect
(defaults to 100)
This method creates a new query object. Typically you will specify a -db and a -query
argument, possibly modified by -mindate, -maxdate, or -reldate. -mindate and -maxdate
specify minimum and maximum dates for entries you are interested in retrieving, expressed
in the form YYYY/MM/DD. -reldate is used to fetch entries that are more recent than the
indicated number of days.
If you provide an array reference of IDs in -ids, the query will be ignored and the list
of IDs will be used when the query is passed to a Bio::DB::GenBank object's
get_Stream_by_query() method. A variety of IDs are automatically recognized, including GI
numbers, Accession numbers, Accession.version numbers and locus names.
By default, the query will collect only the first 100 IDs and will generate an exception
if you call the ids() method and the query returned more than that number. To increase
this maximum, set -maxids to a number larger than the number of IDs you expect to obtain.
This only affects the list of IDs you obtain when you call the ids() method, and does not
affect in any way the number of entries you receive when you generate a SeqIO stream from
the query.
-db option values:
The most commonly used databases are:
protein
nucleotide
nuccore
nucgss
nucest
unigene
An up to date list of database names supported by NCBI eUtils is
always available at:
http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/einfo.fcgi?
However, note that not all of these databases return datatypes that
are parsable by Bio::DB::GenBank
cookie
Title : cookie
Usage : ($cookie,$querynum) = $db->cookie
Function: return the NCBI query cookie
Returns : list of (cookie,querynum)
Args : none
NOTE: this information is used by Bio::DB::GenBank in conjunction with efetch.
_request_parameters
Title : _request_parameters
Usage : ($method,$base,@params = $db->_request_parameters
Function: return information needed to construct the request
Returns : list of method, url base and key=>value pairs
Args : none
count
Title : count
Usage : $count = $db->count;
Function: return count of number of entries retrieved by query
Returns : integer
Args : none
Returns the number of entries that are matched by the query.
ids
Title : ids
Usage : @ids = $db->ids([@ids])
Function: get/set matching ids
Returns : array of sequence ids
Args : (optional) array ref with new set of ids
query
Title : query
Usage : $query = $db->query([$query])
Function: get/set query string
Returns : string
Args : (optional) new query string
_parse_response
Title : _parse_response
Usage : $db->_parse_response($content)
Function: parse out response
Returns : empty
Args : none
Throws : 'unparseable output exception'
_generate_id_string
Title : _generate_id_string
Usage : $string = $db->_generate_id_string
Function: joins IDs together in string (possibly implementation-dependent)
Returns : string of concatenated IDs
Args : array ref of ids (normally passed into the constructor)