ncbi-eutils-server.js

ncbi-eutils-server is a utility module which provides straight-forward way of transforming NCBI eutil XML documents into RESTFUL JSON format

Quick Examples

var ncbiEutilService = require("./index");

// Set up our routes and start the server
ncbiEutilService.server.get('/ncbi/:db/:term', ncbiEutilService.processncbieutilrequest);
ncbiEutilService.server.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
    res.send("hi there, you reached a page that it doesn't exists. ");
});

ncbiEutilService.server.listen(process.env.VMC_APP_PORT || 1337, function() {
    console.log('%s listening at %s, love & peace', ncbiEutilService.server.name, ncbiEutilService.server.url);
});

Sample JSON Output

{
	"success": true,
	"responseHeader": {
		"count": "2",
		"retmax": "0",
		"retstart": "0",
		"querykey": "1",
		"webenv": "NCID_1_35062342_165.112.9.24_5555_1358039612_282655023",
		"idlist": null,
		"translationset": null,
		"translationstack": {
			"termset": {
				"term": "11231 12[UID]",
				"field": "UID",
				"count": "-1",
				"explode": "Y"
			},
			"op": "GROUP"
		},
		"querytranslation": "11231 12[UID]"
	},
	"response": [
		{
			"pubdate": "1976 Mar-Apr",
			"epubdate": null,
			"source": "J Dent Assoc Thai",
			"authors": {
				"author": {
					"name": "Chavalit N",
					"authtype": "Author",
					"clusterid": "1278757"
				}
			},
			"lastauthor": "Chavalit N",
			"title": "[Influence of low concentration fluoride on the rate of dissolution of hydroxyapatite in acid buffer solution].",
			"sorttitle": "influence of low concentration fluoride on the rate of dissolution of hydroxyapatite in acid buffer solution",
			"volume": "26",
			"issue": "2",
			"pages": "35-40",
			"lang": {
				"string": "tha"
			},
			"nlmuniqueid": "7505601",
			"issn": "0045-9917",
			"essn": null,
			"pubtype": {
				"flag": "Journal Article"
			},
			"recordstatus": "PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE",
			"pubstatus": "4",
			"articleids": {
				"articleid": [
					{
						"idtype": "pubmed",
						"idtypen": "1",
						"value": "11231"
					}, {
						"idtype": "eid",
						"idtypen": "8",
						"value": "11231"
					}, {
						"idtype": "rid",
						"idtypen": "8",
						"value": "11231"
					}
				]
			},
			"history": {
				"pubmedpubdate": [
					{
						"pubstatus": "pubmed",
						"date": "1976/03/01 00:00"
					}, {
						"pubstatus": "medline",
						"date": "1976/03/01 00:01"
					}, {
						"pubstatus": "entrez",
						"date": "1976/03/01 00:00"
					}
				]
			},
			"references": null,
			"attributes": null,
			"pmcrefcount": "0",
			"fulljournalname": "The Journal of the Dental Association of Thailand",
			"elocationid": null,
			"viewcount": "0",
			"doctype": "citation",
			"srccontriblist": null,
			"booktitle": null,
			"medium": null,
			"edition": null,
			"publisherlocation": null,
			"publishername": null,
			"srcdate": null,
			"reportnumber": null,
			"availablefromurl": null,
			"locationlabel": null,
			"doccontriblist": null,
			"docdate": null,
			"bookname": null,
			"chapter": null,
			"sortpubdate": "1976/03/01 00:00",
			"sortfirstauthor": "Chavalit N"
		}, {
			"pubdate": "1975 Sep 15",
			"epubdate": null,
			"source": "Biochem Pharmacol",
			"authors": {
				"author": {
					"name": "Stein JM",
					"authtype": "Author",
					"clusterid": "6355762"
				}
			},
			"lastauthor": "Stein JM",
			"title": "The effect of adrenaline and of alpha- and beta-adrenergic blocking agents on ATP concentration and on incorporation of 32Pi into ATP in rat fat cells.",
			"sorttitle": "effect of adrenaline and of alpha and beta adrenergic blocking agents on atp concentration and on incorporation of 32pi into atp in rat fat cells",
			"volume": "24",
			"issue": "18",
			"pages": "1659-62",
			"lang": {
				"string": "eng"
			},
			"nlmuniqueid": "0101032",
			"issn": "0006-2952",
			"essn": "1873-2968",
			"pubtype": {
				"flag": "Journal Article"
			},
			"recordstatus": "PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE",
			"pubstatus": "4",
			"articleids": {
				"articleid": [
					{
						"idtype": "pubmed",
						"idtypen": "1",
						"value": "12"
					}, {
						"idtype": "pii",
						"idtypen": "4",
						"value": "0006-2952(75)90002-7"
					}, {
						"idtype": "eid",
						"idtypen": "8",
						"value": "12"
					}, {
						"idtype": "rid",
						"idtypen": "8",
						"value": "12"
					}
				]
			},
			"history": {
				"pubmedpubdate": [
					{
						"pubstatus": "pubmed",
						"date": "1975/09/15 00:00"
					}, {
						"pubstatus": "medline",
						"date": "1975/09/15 00:01"
					}, {
						"pubstatus": "entrez",
						"date": "1975/09/15 00:00"
					}
				]
			},
			"references": null,
			"attributes": null,
			"pmcrefcount": "5",
			"fulljournalname": "Biochemical pharmacology",
			"elocationid": null,
			"viewcount": "223",
			"doctype": "citation",
			"srccontriblist": null,
			"booktitle": null,
			"medium": null,
			"edition": null,
			"publisherlocation": null,
			"publishername": null,
			"srcdate": null,
			"reportnumber": null,
			"availablefromurl": null,
			"locationlabel": null,
			"doccontriblist": null,
			"docdate": null,
			"bookname": null,
			"chapter": null,
			"sortpubdate": "1975/09/15 00:00",
			"sortfirstauthor": "Stein JM"
		}
	]
}