.TH NQUIRE 1 2017-01-24 NCBI "NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual"
.SH NAME
nquire \- query NCBI Entrez Utilities or other parameter\-based web services
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBnquire\fP
[\|\fB\-help\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-get\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-url\fP\ \fIURL\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-eutils\fP\|]
[\|\fIcomponent\fP ...\|]
[\|\fB\-\fP\fItag\fP\ \fIvalue\fP ...\|]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBnquire\fP performs raw HTTP(S) queries
against web services such as NCBI E\-Utilities
that take \fBGET\fP or \fBPOST\fP parameters.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-help\fP
Print usage information, complete with a few examples,
some additionally illustrating the use of \fBxtract\fP(1).
.TP
\fB\-get\fP
Use HTTP(S) \fBGET\fP instead of \fBPOST\fP.
.TP
\fB\-url\fP\ \fIURL\fP
Base URL for external search.
.TP
\fB\-eutils\fP\ \fIname\fP
Shorthand for \fB\-url\ https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils\fP.
.TP
\fIcomponent\fP
Add \fB/\fP\fIcomponent\fP to the base URL.
(Must precede any tag/value pairs.)
.TP
\fB\-\fP\fItag\fP\ \fIvalue\fP\ ...
Add \fB&tag=\fP\fIvalue\fP,... to the base URL.
(Must follow any simple components.)
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR edirect (1),
.BR xtract (1).