MassSpecAPI Web Service

MassSpecAPI

Click here for a complete list of operations.

GetDatabases

Get the list of datasources in ChemSpider.

Test

To test the operation using the HTTP POST protocol, click the 'Invoke' button.

SOAP 1.1

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /MassSpecAPI.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: www.chemspider.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://www.chemspider.com/GetDatabases"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetDatabases xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/" />
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetDatabasesResponse xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/">
      <GetDatabasesResult>
        <string>string</string>
        <string>string</string>
      </GetDatabasesResult>
    </GetDatabasesResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP 1.2

The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /MassSpecAPI.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: www.chemspider.com
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <GetDatabases xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/" />
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <GetDatabasesResponse xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/">
      <GetDatabasesResult>
        <string>string</string>
        <string>string</string>
      </GetDatabasesResult>
    </GetDatabasesResponse>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

HTTP GET

The following is a sample HTTP GET request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

GET /MassSpecAPI.asmx/GetDatabases? HTTP/1.1
Host: www.chemspider.com

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfString xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/">
  <string>string</string>
  <string>string</string>
</ArrayOfString>

HTTP POST

The following is a sample HTTP POST request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /MassSpecAPI.asmx/GetDatabases HTTP/1.1
Host: www.chemspider.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfString xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/">
  <string>string</string>
  <string>string</string>
</ArrayOfString>