lisc.collect_info¶
- lisc.collect_info(db='pubmed', api_key=None, logging=None, directory=None, verbose=False)[source]¶
Collect database information & metadata from EUtils.
- Parameters:
- dbstr, optional, default: ‘pubmed’
Which database to access from EUtils.
- api_keystr, optional
An API key for a NCBI account.
- logging{None, ‘print’, ‘store’, ‘file’}, optional
What kind of logging, if any, to do for requested URLs.
- directorystr or SCDB, optional
Folder or database object specifying the save location.
- verbosebool, optional, default: False
Whether to print out updates.
- Returns:
- meta_dataMetaData
Meta data about the data collection.
Examples
Collect metadata from EUtils, from the pubmed database:
>>> meta_data = collect_info(db='pubmed')