Query Commands

  -url        Sends query with HTTP POST
  -get        Uses HTTP GET instead of POST

  -lst        Lists contents of FTP site
  -dir        FTP listing with file sizes

  -ftp        Retrieves data from FTP site

File Downloads

  -dwn        Downloads FTP data to file
  -asp        Uses Aspera download, if configured

-url Shortcuts

  -ncbi       https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  -eutils     https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils
  -pubchem    https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug

Examples

  nquire -url https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/einfo.fcgi |
  xtract -pattern DbList -sep "\n" -element DbName | sort -f

  nquire -url https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov entrez/eutils elink.fcgi \
    -dbfrom pubmed -db pubmed -cmd neighbor -linkname pubmed_pubmed -id 2539356 |
  transmute -format

  nquire -eutils esearch.fcgi -db pubmed -term "tn3 transposition immunity" |
  xtract -pattern eSearchResult -element QueryTranslation

  nquire -pubchem compound/fastsubstructure/smarts/cids/XML \
    -smarts "[#7]-[#6]-1=[#6]-[#6](C#C)=[#6](-[#6]-[#8])-[#6]=[#6]-1"

  nquire -get https://icite.od.nih.gov/api/pubs -pmids 1937004 10838572 |
  transmute -j2x |
  xtract -pattern opt -element cited_by references |
  accn-at-a-time

  nquire -get "http://collections.mnh.si.edu/services/resolver/resolver.php" \
    -voucher "Birds:625456" |
  xtract -pattern Result -element ScientificName Country

  nquire -get http://w1.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/KSFO.xml |
  xtract -pattern current_observation -tab "\n" \
    -element weather temp_f wind_dir wind_mph

  nquire -get https://api.bigdatacloud.net/data/reverse-geocode-client \
    -latitude 41.7909 -longitude "\-87.5994" |
  transmute -j2x |
  xtract -pattern opt -element countryCode \
    -block administrative -if description -starts-with "state " -element name \
    -block administrative -if description -starts-with "city " -element name |
  tr '\t' '\n'

  nquire -ftp ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pub/gdp ideogram_9606_GCF_000001305.14_850_V1 |
  grep acen | cut -f 1,2,6,7 | awk '/^X\t/'

  nquire -lst ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/toolbox/ncbi_tools/converters/by_program/

  nquire -lst ftp://nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov online/mesh/MESH_FILES/xmlmesh

  nquire -dwn ftp.nlm.nih.gov online/mesh/MESH_FILES/xmlmesh desc2021.zip

  for sect in baseline updatefiles
  do
    nquire -lst ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pubmed "$sect" |
    grep -v ".md5" | grep "xml.gz" |
    skip-if-file-exists | tee /dev/tty |
    nquire -asp ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pubmed "$sect"
  done

  nquire -raw -get http://golr-aux.geneontology.io/solr/select \
    -fq document_category:\"ontology_class\" -q *:* -fq id:\"GO:0030182\" \
    -wt json |
  transmute -j2x |
  xtract -pattern opt -element neighborhood_limited_graph_json topology_graph_json |
  transmute -j2x |
  xtract -pattern opt -num nodes edges