Searching on parts.igem.org

This specifies how to hijack the searches on the partsregistry.

Base URL (visit): http://parts.igem.org/cgi/partsdb/search.cgi

Query String Format: http://parts.igem.org/cgi/partsdb/search.cgi?[nameTextInput]=[STRING];[nameSubmitButton]=Search

Example: This url will do a text search for "gfp" http://parts.igem.org/cgi/partsdb/search.cgi?searchfor1=gfp;searchfor=Search

[STRING] is the terms you want to search for (Don't put the square brackets)

nameTextInput and nameSubmitButton are defined by the markup on the partsregistry search page

#####Text Search:

nameTextInput = "searchfor1"
nameSubmitButton = "searchfor"

#####1000 Part Search

nameTextInput = "first_part"
nameSubmitButton = "search_from_to"

#####Subpart Search

nameTextInput = "part_list"
nameSubmitButton = "search_subparts"

#####Superpart Search

nameTextInput = "super_part_list"
nameSubmitButton = "search_superparts"

Parts Registry API

You can get XML data for a part with:

http://parts.igem.org/cgi/xml/part.cgi?part=[Part_Name]

For example:

http://parts.igem.org/cgi/xml/part.cgi?part=BBa_J70533