Introduction

eutils is a Python package to simplify searching, fetching, and parsing records from NCBI using their E-utilities interface.

Features

• simple Pythonic interface for searching and fetching
• automatic query rate throttling per NCBI guidelines
• optional sqlite-based caching of compressed replies
• “façades” that facilitate access to essential attributes in XML replies

Important Notes

• You are encouraged to browse issues. Please report any issues you find.
• Use a pip package specification to ensure stay within minor releases for API stability. For example, eutils >=0.1,<0.2.