[Biopython-dev] KEGG support

[Renato Alves]

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> Renato;
> Great idea to work with the KEGG parsers. Very happy to have someone
> tackling this.

Well as we say here, when the need comes we grab the bull by the horns.
:) (Small illustration even though I'm not a fan of the 'sport'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBORPnrm89I)

> My suggestion would be to use the TogoWS REST interface
> 
> http://togows.dbcls.jp/site/en/rest.html
> 
> It makes getting records crazy easy. There are tons of examples,
> but for GENES, here's how to get the plain text record:
> 
> http://togows.dbcls.jp/entry/gene/eco:b0002
> 
> If you really want to use SOAP, my experience has been best with
> suds. However, the complexities of SOAP are really not worth it if
> you can get REST approaches to do what you need.

Indeed this exactly the same without the need of additional libraries.
If all the functionality available on the SOAP API is also here I agree
with you, the complexity of SOAP is unnecessary.

Renato
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