Search Web Service

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SimpleSearch2IdList

Search by Name, SMILES, InChI, InChIKey, etc. Return a list of found IDs (first 100). This operation is deprecated and will be removed soon - use SimpleSearch instead.

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 /Search.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: www.chemspider.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://www.chemspider.com/SimpleSearch2IdList"

<?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>
    <SimpleSearch2IdList xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/">
      <query>string</query>
    </SimpleSearch2IdList>
  </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>
    <SimpleSearch2IdListResponse xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/">
      <SimpleSearch2IdListResult>
        <int>int</int>
        <int>int</int>
      </SimpleSearch2IdListResult>
    </SimpleSearch2IdListResponse>
  </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 /Search.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>
    <SimpleSearch2IdList xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/">
      <query>string</query>
    </SimpleSearch2IdList>
  </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>
    <SimpleSearch2IdListResponse xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/">
      <SimpleSearch2IdListResult>
        <int>int</int>
        <int>int</int>
      </SimpleSearch2IdListResult>
    </SimpleSearch2IdListResponse>
  </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 /Search.asmx/SimpleSearch2IdList?query=string 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"?>
<ArrayOfInt xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/">
  <int>int</int>
  <int>int</int>
</ArrayOfInt>

HTTP POST

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

POST /Search.asmx/SimpleSearch2IdList HTTP/1.1
Host: www.chemspider.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

query=string

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

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

Parameter	Value
query: