LBDiscover (version 0.1.0)

ncbi_search: Search NCBI databases for articles or data

Description

This function searches various NCBI databases using the E-utilities API via the rentrez package.

Usage

ncbi_search(
  query,
  database = "pubmed",
  max_results = 1000,
  use_mesh = FALSE,
  date_range = NULL,
  api_key = NULL,
  retry_count = 3,
  retry_delay = 2
)

Value

A data frame containing the search results with IDs, titles, and other metadata.

Arguments

query

Character string containing the search query.

database

Character string. The NCBI database to search (e.g., "pubmed", "pmc", "gene", "protein").

max_results

Maximum number of results to return.

use_mesh

Logical. If TRUE, will attempt to map query terms to MeSH terms (for PubMed only).

date_range

Character vector of length 2 with start and end dates in format "YYYY/MM/DD".

api_key

Character string. NCBI API key for higher rate limits (optional).

retry_count

Integer. Number of times to retry failed requests.

retry_delay

Integer. Delay between retries in seconds.