NAME

Bio::DB::EUtilities::esearch - Base interface class for handling web queries and data retrieval from Entrez Utilities from NCBI. You shouldn't use this class directly.

SYNOPSIS

*** Give standard usage here

DESCRIPTION

*** Describe the object here

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR

Email cjfields at uiuc dot edu

APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

parse_response

Title   : parse_response
Usage   : $db->_parse_response($content)
Function: parse out response for cookie
Returns : empty
Args    : none
Throws  : 'unparseable output exception'

esearch_count

Title   : esearch_count
Usage   : $count = $db->esearch_count;
Function: return count of number of entries retrieved by query
Returns : integer
Args    : none