Pubmed

This is an implementation of the National Library of Medicine's Entrez API that is focused on providing functionality related to Pubmed.

The provided gateway functions provide a way of programmatically interacting with Pubmed.

The alternatives include:

1. Web scraping, which I discourage since the API is generally a better approach
2. A mix of web browsing and offline analysis of data
3. Direct usage of the Pubmed database, which can be downloaded from ... (TODO: Insert link)

Current Status

This is currently a very slow work in progress.

Usage Examples

Examples are currently demonstrated in test_api.py

As the library stabilizes I'll move more examples here.

Setup

• Copy user_config.txt to user_config.py
• Populate variables:
  • email : This is used to email you if you are causing problems. They are asking that you provide a valid email (honor system)
  • api_key :
    • instructions : https://support.nlm.nih.gov/knowledgebase/article/KA-05317/en-us
    • you don't need an API key but it can increase your request rate
  • tool :