This page allows you to retrieve up to 50 entries at a time from various up-to-date biological databases.
Direct access
http://bioruby.org/cgi-bin/biofetch.rb?format=(default|fasta|...);style=(html|raw);db=(genbank|embl|...);id=ID[,ID,ID,...]
(NOTE: the option separator ';' can be '&')
- format (optional)
- default|fasta|...
- style (required)
- html|raw
- db (required)
- genbank|refseq|embl|swissprot|pir|prf|pdb|epd|prosite|pmd|litdb|omim|pathway|genes|genome|linkdb|aaindex|...
- id (required)
- comma separated list of IDs
See the BioFetch specification for more details.
Server informations
- What databases are available?
- http://bioruby.org/cgi-bin/biofetch.rb?info=dbs
- What formats does the database X have?
- http://bioruby.org/cgi-bin/biofetch.rb?info=formats;db=embl
- How many entries can be retrieved simultaneously?
- http://bioruby.org/cgi-bin/biofetch.rb?info=maxids
Examples
- gb:AJ617376 (default/raw)
- http://bioruby.org/cgi-bin/biofetch.rb?format=default;style=raw;db=genbank;id=AJ617376
- gb:AJ617376 (fasta/raw)
- http://bioruby.org/cgi-bin/biofetch.rb?format=fasta;style=raw;db=genbank;id=AJ617376
- gb:AJ617376 (default/html)
- http://bioruby.org/cgi-bin/biofetch.rb?format=default;style=html;db=genbank;id=AJ617376
- gb:AJ617376,AJ617377 (default/raw, multiple)
- http://bioruby.org/cgi-bin/biofetch.rb?format=default;style=raw;db=genbank;id=AJ617376,AJ617377
- embl:BUM (default/raw)
- http://bioruby.org/cgi-bin/biofetch.rb?format=default;style=raw;db=embl;id=BUM
- sp:CYC_BOVIN (default/raw)
- http://bioruby.org/cgi-bin/biofetch.rb?format=default;style=raw;db=swissprot;id=CYC_BOVIN
- sp:CYC_BOVIN (fasta/raw)
- http://bioruby.org/cgi-bin/biofetch.rb?format=fasta;style=raw;db=swissprot;id=CYC_BOVIN
- genes:b0015 (default/raw)
- http://bioruby.org/cgi-bin/biofetch.rb?format=default;style=raw;db=genes;id=b0015
- ps:PS00028 (default/raw)
- http://bioruby.org/cgi-bin/biofetch.rb?format=default;style=raw;db=prosite;id=PS00028
Errors
- Error1 sample : DB not found
- http://bioruby.org/cgi-bin/biofetch.rb?format=default;style=raw;db=nonexistent;id=AJ617376"
- Error2 sample : unknown style
- http://bioruby.org/cgi-bin/biofetch.rb?format=default;style=nonexistent;db=genbank;id=AJ617376"
- Error3 sample : unknown format
- http://bioruby.org/cgi-bin/biofetch.rb?format=nonexistent;style=raw;db=genbank;id=AJ617376"
- Error4 sample : ID not found
- http://bioruby.org/cgi-bin/biofetch.rb?format=default;style=raw;db=genbank;id=nonexistent"
- Error5 sample : too many IDs
- http://bioruby.org/cgi-bin/biofetch.rb?style=raw;db=genes;id=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51
- Error6 sample : unknown info
- http://bioruby.org/cgi-bin/biofetch.rb?info=nonexistent"
Other BioFetch implementations
staff@BioRuby.org