[Biopython] Entrez.einfo(db='pubmed') error

[ming.xue at boehringer-ingelheim.com]

Hello,

I am using python 2.7.3 and biopython 1.6.2 (1.6.3b had the same issue).

>>> hd = Entrez.einfo(db='pubmed')
>>> Entrez.read(hd)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "Bio/Entrez/__init__.py", line 367, in read
    record = handler.read(handle)
  File "Bio/Entrez/Parser.py", line 184, in read
    self.parser.ParseFile(handle)
  File "Bio/Entrez/Parser.py", line 300, in startElementHandler
    raise ValidationError(name)
Bio.Entrez.Parser.ValidationError: Failed to find tag 'DbBuild' in the DTD. To skip all tags that are not represented in the DTD, please call Bio.Entrez.read or Bio.Entrez.parse with validate=False.


>>> Entrez.read(hd, validate=False)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "Bio/Entrez/__init__.py", line 367, in read
    record = handler.read(handle)
  File "Bio/Entrez/Parser.py", line 194, in read
    raise NotXMLError(e)
Bio.Entrez.Parser.NotXMLError: Failed to parse the XML data (syntax error: line 1, column 0). Please make sure that the input data are in XML format.


Thanks,
Ming Xue