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AsyncSimpleSearch

Search by Name, SMILES, InChI, InChIKey, etc. Returns transaction ID which can be used to access search status and result. Security token is required.

Test

To test the operation using the HTTP POST protocol, click the 'Invoke' button.
Parameter Value
query:
token:

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: chemspider.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://www.chemspider.com/AsyncSimpleSearch"

<?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>
    <AsyncSimpleSearch xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/">
      <query>string</query>
      <token>string</token>
    </AsyncSimpleSearch>
  </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>
    <AsyncSimpleSearchResponse xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/">
      <AsyncSimpleSearchResult>string</AsyncSimpleSearchResult>
    </AsyncSimpleSearchResponse>
  </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: 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>
    <AsyncSimpleSearch xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/">
      <query>string</query>
      <token>string</token>
    </AsyncSimpleSearch>
  </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>
    <AsyncSimpleSearchResponse xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/">
      <AsyncSimpleSearchResult>string</AsyncSimpleSearchResult>
    </AsyncSimpleSearchResponse>
  </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/AsyncSimpleSearch?query=string&token=string HTTP/1.1
Host: chemspider.com

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

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

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/AsyncSimpleSearch HTTP/1.1
Host: chemspider.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

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

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