[BioPython] PubMed search very slow

[Jeffrey Chang]

Which function are you using?  Is this with PubMed.Dictionary?  That
class includes a built-in rate limiter so that it does not overload
NCBI's servers.  You can turn it off if you want (although I wouldn't
recommend it since NCBI may block your IP) by creating the object with
a delay of 0:
>>> PUBMED = PubMed.Dictionary(delay=0)

Jeff


On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 11:31:27AM -0600, nandrats@mail.mdanderson.org wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I'm completely new to (Bio-)Python, but so far I think it is great.
> 
> I tried the PubMed example in the Cookbook, but it is very (!!!) slow. Is there
> a faster way than retrieving every single record by id? Can I send a search
> command that just returns all records at once and I can parse them locally?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> NIC
> 
> 
> 
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