On Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 4:20:12 AM UTC+8, DFS wrote: > On 9/12/2022 5:00 AM, hongy...@gmail.com wrote: > > I want to do the query from with in script based on the interface here [1]. > > For this purpose, the underlying posting URL must be obtained, say, the URL > > corresponding to "ITA Settings" button, so that I can make the > > corresponding query URL and issue the query from the script. > > > > However, I did not find the conversion rules from these buttons to the > > corresponding URL. Any hints for achieving this aim? > > > > [1] > > https://www.cryst.ehu.es/cgi-bin/cryst/programs/nph-getgen?list=new&what=gen&gnum=10 > > > > > > Regards, > > Zhao > You didn't say what you want to query. Are you trying to download > entire sections of the Bilbao Crystallographic Server?
I am engaged in some related research and need some specific data used by BCS server. > Maybe the admins will give you access to the data. I don't think they will provide such convenience to researchers who have no cooperative relationship with them. > * this link: https://www.cryst.ehu.es/cgi-bin/cryst/programs/nph-getgen > brings up the table of space group symbols. > > * choose say #7: Pc > > * now click ITA Settings, then choose the last entry "P c 1 1" and it > loads: > > https://www.cryst.ehu.es/cgi-bin/cryst/programs//nph-trgen?gnum=007&what=gp&trmat=b,-a-c,c&unconv=P%20c%201%201&from=ita > Not only that, but I want to obtain all such URLs programmatically! > You might be able to fool around with that URL and substitute values and > get back the data you want (in HTML) via Python. Do you really want > HTML results? > > Hit Ctrl+U to see the source HTML of a webpage > > Right-click or hit Ctrl + Shift + C to inspect the individual elements > of the page For batch operations, all these manual methods are inefficient. Best Regards, Zhao -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
