.TH ENQUIRE 1 2020-06-28 NCBI "NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual"
.SH NAME
enquire \- query parameter\-based web services or FTP
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBenquire\fP
[\|\fB\-help\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-url\fP\ \fIURL\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-get\fP\ [\|fIURL\fP\]\|]
[\|\fB\-lst\fP\ \fIhost\fP\ \fIdir\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-ftp\fP\ \fIhost\fP\ \fIdir\fP\ \fIfile\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-examples\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-version\fP\|]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBnquire\fP performs raw HTTP(S) or FTP 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\-url\fP\ \fIURL\fP
Base URL for external search.
.TP
\fB\-get\fP\ [\|fIURL\fP\]
Use HTTP(S) \fBGET\fP instead of \fBPOST\fP.
.TP
\fB\-lst\fP\ \fIhost\fP\ \fIdir\fP
Lists contents of FTP site.
.TP
\fB\-ftp\fP\ \fIhost\fP\ \fIdir\fP\ \fIfile\fP
Retrieves data from FTP site.
.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.)
.TP
\fB\-examples\fP
Examples of advanced queries.
.TP
\fB\-version\fP
Print version number.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR bt\-link (1),
.BR bt\-srch (1),
.BR download\-ncbi\-data (1),
.BR edirect (1),
.BR nquire (1),
.BR xplore (1),
.BR xtract (1).