Dbfetch


25501941	Using EMBL-EBI Services via Web Interface and Programmatically via Web Services. [PMID: 25501941] Lopez R, Cowley A, Li W, McWilliam H. Abstract The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) provides access to a wide range of databases and analysis tools that are of key importance in bioinformatics. As well as providing Web interfaces to these resources, Web Services are available using SOAP and REST protocols that enable programmatic access to our resources and allow their integration into other applications and analytical workflows. This unit describes the various options available to a typical researcher or bioinformatician who wishes to use our resources via Web interface or programmatically via a range of programming languages. Curr Protoc Bioinformatics. 2014:48() \| 12 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-03-22)
23671338	Analysis Tool Web Services from the EMBL-EBI. [PMID: 23671338] McWilliam H, Li W, Uludag M, Squizzato S, Park YM, Buso N, Cowley AP, Lopez R. Abstract Since 2004 the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) has provided access to a wide range of databases and analysis tools via Web Services interfaces. This comprises services to search across the databases available from the EMBL-EBI and to explore the network of cross-references present in the data (e.g. EB-eye), services to retrieve entry data in various data formats and to access the data in specific fields (e.g. dbfetch), and analysis tool services, for example, sequence similarity search (e.g. FASTA and NCBI BLAST), multiple sequence alignment (e.g. Clustal Omega and MUSCLE), pairwise sequence alignment and protein functional analysis (e.g. InterProScan and Phobius). The REST/SOAP Web Services (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/webservices/) interfaces to these databases and tools allow their integration into other tools, applications, web sites, pipeline processes and analytical workflows. To get users started using the Web Services, sample clients are provided covering a range of programming languages and popular Web Service tool kits, and a brief guide to Web Services technologies, including a set of tutorials, is available for those wishing to learn more and develop their own clients. Users of the Web Services are informed of improvements and updates via a range of methods. Nucleic Acids Res. 2013:41(Web Server issue) \| 923 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-03-22)

Using EMBL-EBI Services via Web Interface and Programmatically via Web Services. [PMID: 25501941]

Lopez R, Cowley A, Li W, McWilliam H.

The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) provides access to a wide range of databases and analysis tools that are of key importance in bioinformatics. As well as providing Web interfaces to these resources, Web Services are available using SOAP and REST protocols that enable programmatic access to our resources and allow their integration into other applications and analytical workflows. This unit describes the various options available to a typical researcher or bioinformatician who wishes to use our resources via Web interface or programmatically via a range of programming languages.

Curr Protoc Bioinformatics. 2014:48() | 12 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-03-22)

Analysis Tool Web Services from the EMBL-EBI. [PMID: 23671338]

McWilliam H, Li W, Uludag M, Squizzato S, Park YM, Buso N, Cowley AP, Lopez R.

Abstract

Since 2004 the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) has provided access to a wide range of databases and analysis tools via Web Services interfaces. This comprises services to search across the databases available from the EMBL-EBI and to explore the network of cross-references present in the data (e.g. EB-eye), services to retrieve entry data in various data formats and to access the data in specific fields (e.g. dbfetch), and analysis tool services, for example, sequence similarity search (e.g. FASTA and NCBI BLAST), multiple sequence alignment (e.g. Clustal Omega and MUSCLE), pairwise sequence alignment and protein functional analysis (e.g. InterProScan and Phobius). The REST/SOAP Web Services (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/webservices/) interfaces to these databases and tools allow their integration into other tools, applications, web sites, pipeline processes and analytical workflows. To get users started using the Web Services, sample clients are provided covering a range of programming languages and popular Web Service tool kits, and a brief guide to Web Services technologies, including a set of tutorials, is available for those wishing to learn more and develop their own clients. Users of the Web Services are informed of improvements and updates via a range of methods.

Nucleic Acids Res. 2013:41(Web Server issue) | 923 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-03-22)

URL:	http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/dbfetch
Full name:	database fetch
Description:	Dbfetch provides an easy way to retrieve entries from various databases at the EMBL-EBI in a consistent manner. It can be used from any browser as well as well as within a web-aware scripting tool that uses wget, lynx or similar.
Year founded:	2013
Last update:
Version:
Accessibility:	Accessible
Country/Region:	United Kingdom

Data type:	DNA Protein RNA
Data object:	Archaea Bacteria Fungi Plant Virus
Database category:	Metadata
Major species:	NA
Keywords:	data retrival

University/Institution:	European Bioinformatics Institute
Address:	EMBL Outstation–European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD Cambridge, UK
City:	Cambridge
Province/State:
Country/Region:	United Kingdom
Contact name (PI/Team):	Rodrigo Lopez
Contact email (PI/Helpdesk):	odrigo.lopez@ebi.ac.uk

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