Get by USI¶

USI(universal spectrum identifier) is a unique representation for a mass spectrum within a resource or a dataset Documentation. In summary, a USI is a combination of a dataset accession or collection (e.g. spectral library); a file within that collection and an scan or index number withing the file. Inm addition, the USI can contains the information about the peptide sequence and PTMs.

If you want to know more about USI, USI Specification.

Swagger¶

Note

https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pride/multiomics/ws/swagger-ui/index.html?url=/pride/multiomics/ws/api-docs&configUrl=/pride/multiomics/ws/api-docs/swagger-config#/Spectra/findByUsi

Curl¶

curl -X GET "https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pride/multiomics/ws/spectra/findByUsi?usi=NIST%3Acptac2_human_hcd_itraq_selected_part1_2015.msp%3Aindex%3A80003" -H "accept: */*"

Python sample code¶

import requests

def main():
 url = 'https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pride/multiomics/ws/spectra/findByUsi?usi=NIST:cptac2_human_hcd_itraq_selected_part1_2015.msp:index:80003'
 response = requests.get(url)
 if response.status_code != 200:
   text = str(response.status_code) + ': ' + response.text
   raise Exception(text)

print(response.text)

if __name__ == "__main__":
 main()