PubChem

PubChem PUG SOAP API

Legacy SOAP/XML web service interface for PubChem providing structure search, identity search, and chemical standardization capabilities. Supports submitting queries and retrieving results in ASN.1, XML, and SDF formats.

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Documentation
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/docs/pug-soap

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WSDL
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pug/pugsoap.cgi?wsdl

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: PubChem PUG SOAP API
description: Legacy SOAP/XML web service interface for PubChem providing structure search, identity search,
  and chemical standardization capabilities. Supports submitting queries and retrieving results in ASN.1,
  XML, and SDF formats.
humanURL: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pug/pugsoap.cgi?wsdl
baseURL: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pug/pugsoap.cgi
tags:
- SOAP
- Legacy
- Structure Search
- Chemical Standardization
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/docs/pug-soap
- type: WSDL
  url: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pug/pugsoap.cgi?wsdl
contact:
- FN: PubChem Help Desk
  email: pubchem-help@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov