rentrez (version 1.2.3)

entrez_citmatch: Fetch pubmed ids matching specially formatted citation strings

Description

Fetch pubmed ids matching specially formatted citation strings

Usage

entrez_citmatch(bdata, db = "pubmed", retmode = "xml", config = NULL)

Arguments

bdata

character, containing citation data. Each citation must be represented in a pipe-delimited format journal_title|year|volume|first_page|author_name|your_key| The final field "your_key" is arbitrary, and can used as you see fit. Fields can be left empty, but be sure to keep 6 pipes.

db

character, the database to search. Defaults to pubmed, the only database currently available

retmode

character, file format to retrieve. Defaults to xml, as per the API documentation, though note the API only returns plain text

config

vector configuration options passed to httr::GET

Value

A character vector containing PMIDs

See Also

config for available configs

Examples

# NOT RUN {
ex_cites <- c("proc natl acad sci u s a|1991|88|3248|mann bj|test1|",
              "science|1987|235|182|palmenberg ac|test2|")
entrez_citmatch(ex_cites)
# }