Obtain the query interface url of BCS server.

[hongy...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 4:20:12 AM UTC+8, DFS wrote:
> On 9/12/2022 5:00 AM, hongy... at gmail.com wrote: 
> > I want to do the query from with in script based on the interface here [1]. For this purpose, the underlying posting URL must be obtained, say, the URL corresponding to "ITA Settings" button, so that I can make the corresponding query URL and issue the query from the script. 
> > 
> > However, I did not find the conversion rules from these buttons to the corresponding URL. Any hints for achieving this aim? 
> > 
> > [1] https://www.cryst.ehu.es/cgi-bin/cryst/programs/nph-getgen?list=new&what=gen&gnum=10 
> > 
> > Regards, 
> > Zhao
> You didn't say what you want to query. Are you trying to download 
> entire sections of the Bilbao Crystallographic Server? 

I am engaged in some related research and need some specific data used by BCS server.

> Maybe the admins will give you access to the data. 

I don't think they will provide such convenience to researchers who have no cooperative relationship with them. 

> * this link: https://www.cryst.ehu.es/cgi-bin/cryst/programs/nph-getgen 
> brings up the table of space group symbols. 
> 
> * choose say #7: Pc 
> 
> * now click ITA Settings, then choose the last entry "P c 1 1" and it 
> loads: 
> 
> https://www.cryst.ehu.es/cgi-bin/cryst/programs//nph-trgen?gnum=007&what=gp&trmat=b,-a-c,c&unconv=P%20c%201%201&from=ita 

Not only that, but I want to obtain all such URLs programmatically!
 
> You might be able to fool around with that URL and substitute values and 
> get back the data you want (in HTML) via Python. Do you really want 
> HTML results? 
> 
> Hit Ctrl+U to see the source HTML of a webpage 
> 
> Right-click or hit Ctrl + Shift + C to inspect the individual elements 
> of the page

For batch operations, all these manual methods are inefficient.

Best Regards,
Zhao