easyPubMed (version 3.1.6)

EPM_submit_q: Submit a Query and Read the Response from the Server.

Description

Submit a request to a server (typically, the Entrez Eutils server) and capture the response.

Usage

EPM_submit_q(qurl)

Value

Character vector including the response from the server.

Arguments

qurl

String (character vector of length 1), corresponding to the query URL to the remote server.

Author

Damiano Fantini,

References

https://www.data-pulse.com/dev_site/easypubmed/

Examples

# Note: a time limit can be set in order to kill the operation when/if 
# the NCBI/Entrez server becomes unresponsive.
setTimeLimit(elapsed = 4.9)
try({
  qry <- paste0("https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/", 
                "esearch.fcgi?db=pubmed&term=easyPubMed")
  easyPubMed:::EPM_submit_q(qry)
}, silent = TRUE)
setTimeLimit(elapsed = Inf)