R: Post IDs to Eutils for later use

entrez_post {rentrez} | R Documentation

## Post IDs to Eutils for later use

### Description

Post IDs to Eutils for later use

### Usage

    entrez_post(db, id = NULL, web_history = NULL, config = NULL, ...)

### Arguments

`db` | character Name of the database from which the IDs were taken
`id` | vector with unique ID(s) for records in database `db`.
`web_history` | A web_history object. Can be used to add to additional identifiers to an existing web environment on the NCBI
`config` | vector of configuration options passed to httr::GET
`...` | character Additional terms to add to the request, see NCBI documentation linked to in references for a complete list

### References

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK25499/#_chapter4_EPost_

### See Also

`config` for available httr configurations

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    so_many_snails <- entrez_search(db="nuccore",
                          "Gastropoda[Organism] AND COI[Gene]", retmax=200)
    upload <- entrez_post(db="nuccore", id=so_many_snails$ids)
    first <- entrez_fetch(db="nuccore", rettype="fasta", web_history=upload,
                          retmax=10)
    second <- entrez_fetch(db="nuccore", file_format="fasta", web_history=upload,
                           retstart=10, retmax=10)

    ## End(Not run)

[Package rentrez version 1.2.1 Index]