set_entrez_key {rentrez}

Set the ENTREZ_KEY variable to be used by all rentrez functions

Description

The NCBI allows users to access more records (10 per second) if they register for and use an API key. This function allows users to set this key for all calls to rentrez functions during a particular R session. See the vignette section "Using API keys" for a detailed description.

Usage

set_entrez_key(key)

Arguments

key

character. Value to set ENTREZ_KEY to (i.e. your API key).

Value

A logical of length one, TRUE is the value was set FALSE if not. value is returned inside invisible(), i.e. it is not printed to screen when the function is called.