Datawarehouse Index Servlet Help
url: https://dtp.cancer.gov/dtpstandard/servlet/dwindex
This servlet searches for all data available for the compound identifiers supplied.Parameters
searchtype |
specifies the type of search to be performed. |
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searchtype values: |
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nsc indicates that the searchlist contains a list of NSC numbers | |
| cas indicates that the searchlist parameter contains a list of cas numbers. cas numbers may be hyphenated or not. | ||
| namestarts indicates that the search list contains a parameter that the chem name must start with. | ||
| namecontains indicates that the search list contains a list of chemical name fragments that are to be searched. | ||
| ping test whether the servlet is up and work. | ||
| help indicates that the user wants this help file sent back to the browser | ||
chemnameboolean |
indicates whether the name fragments in the searchlist parameter should be combined via AND or OR logic. This parameter is relevant only for "namecontains" searchtypes. | |
chemnameboolean values: |
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and indicates that the values in the searchlist should be combined via boolean AND logic | |
| or indicates that the values in the searchlist should be combined via boolean AND logic | ||
searchlist |
contains a list of parameters to be searched for., All entries in the searchlist are combined via boolean OR logic, unless the search type is "namecontains". The logic for namecontains searchtypes may be specified as and or or via the chemnameboolean parameter. The entries in the search list are separated by spaces, commas, semicolon, colon, tab, carriage return, or linefeed. | |
outputformat |
specifies the output format for the returned results | |
outputformat values: |
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html specifies that the results should be returned as html | |
| xml (Future feature) specifies that the results should be returned as xml | ||
Notes:
All search parameters and parameter names are case-insensitive.
If the search criteria specified in the search list generates a list of more than 100 compounds, only 100 will be returned.
Examples:
Display HELP file:
"ping" the DwIndexServlet:
Activate an HTML interface to DwIndex:Search for NSC 357756 and 521264, return results to browser as html:Search for compounds with chemical names that start with "flavop" |