getSmiFromDrugBank {Rcpi} | R Documentation

## Retrieve Drug Molecules in SMILES Format from the DrugBank Database

### Description

Retrieve Drug Molecules in SMILES Format from the DrugBank Database

### Usage

    getSmiFromDrugBank(id, parallel = 5)

### Arguments

`id` | A character vector, as the DrugBank drug ID.
`parallel` | An integer, the parallel parameter, indicates how many process the user would like to use for retrieving the data (using RCurl), default is `5`. For regular cases, we recommend a number less than `20`.

### Details

This function retrieves drug molecules in SMILES format from the DrugBank database.

### Value

A length of `id` character vector, each element containing the corresponding drug molecule.

### Author(s)

Nan Xiao <https://nanx.me>

### See Also

See `getMolFromDrugBank` for retrieving drug molecules in MOL format from the DrugBank database.

### Examples

    id = 'DB00859'  # Penicillamine

    getSmiFromDrugBank(id)

[Package Rcpi version 1.24.0 Index]