How to use SmallWorld API

Introduction

The Web Services API for SmallWorld Documentation is found in Section 8.3 of the SmallWorld version 4.0 manual starting from page 30 to 36. Copyright ©2012-2017 NextMove Software Limited. I copied the section here, and provided a list of publicly available databases for searching on sw.docking.org and some simple examples at the bottom.

8.3 Web Services API Important Entry Points

Unless stated otherwise all API entry points operate on HTTP GET/POST requests. A search on the server is first submitted (/search/submit), this returns a stream of events that report the hit list id (hlid). You can then use this hlid to fetch results either as JSON (/search/view) or TSV (/ search/export). An example Java client, SwHttpClient.java, shows how this works.

/search/submit

Start a new SmallWorld search with topological distance bounded by the provided upper bounds.

Parameter	Type	Description
smi	text	Query SMILES
db	text	Reference database (see List of available maps)
dist	int	Topological distance upper bound (default: 10)
tdn	int	Topological terminal down distance upper bound (default: 10)
tup	int	Topological terminal up distance upper bound (default: 10)
rdn	int	Topological ring down distance upper bound (default: 10)
rup	int	Topological ring up distance upper bound (default: 10)
ldn	int	Topological linker down distance upper bound (default: 10)
lup	int	Topological linker up distance upper bound (default: 10)
scores	text	List of scoring functions (default : none) - see /search/config

Example Request

Suppose you want to search for c1ccccc1 in the ZINC-Interesting-297K Database: There are two steps. The first step which involves /search/submit returns a stream of events that report the hit list id or hlid. This hlid is required to fetch results using the other options such as /search/view

   curl 'http://sw.docking.org/search/submit?smi=c1ccccc1&db=ZINC-Interesting-297K'

The API streams back JSON chunks. Possible status messages are FIRST, MORE, END, and ‘Ground Control to Major Tom’ (hangup ping). Each status contains the hit list id (hlid) which can be used with the export and view API entry points.

From this example:

   data:{"status":"FIRST","hlid":5655,"elap":"0.0 s","numEdges":0,"numNodes":0,"numWaveFront":1,"numEdgesPerSec":"NaN"}
   data:{"status":"Ground Control to Major Tom","hlid":5655,"elap":"0.0 s","numEdges":0,"numNodes":0,"numWaveFront":0,"numEdgesPerSec":0.0}
   data:{"status":"MORE","hlid":5655,"elap":"0.0 s","numEdges":1,"numNodes":2,"numWaveFront":3,"numEdgesPerSec":74.68136634936793}
   data:{"status":"MORE","hlid":5655,"elap":"0.0 s","numEdges":7,"numNodes":8,"numWaveFront":14,"numEdgesPerSec":513.3666371383066}
   data:{"status":"MORE","hlid":5655,"elap":"0.0 s","numEdges":47,"numNodes":42,"numWaveFront":51,"numEdgesPerSec":3289.3116128656598}
   data:{"status":"MORE","hlid":5655,"elap":"0.0 s","numEdges":363,"numNodes":216,"numWaveFront":221,"numEdgesPerSec":22911.835509431723}
   data:{"status":"END","hlid":5655,"elap":"0.0 s","numEdges":2417,"numNodes":981,"numWaveFront":885,"numEdgesPerSec":125691.81853388008}

Here the hlid for my request was 5655.

/search/export

Export a hit list (given by the id) to a tab-separated value table. The other parameters describe what columns, order, and filters are applied to the hit list. Like /search/view it uses the JQuery DataTables server-side processing parameters - https://www.datatables.net/manual/server-side.

Important! Once you run the /search/submit the most important value is the hlid

   curl 'http://sw.docking.org//search/export/?hlid=5864&draw=8&columns%5B0%5D%5Bdata%5D=0&columns%5B0%5D%5Bname%5D=alignment&columns%5B0%5D%5Bsearchable%5D=true&columns%5B0%5D%5Borderable%5D=false&columns%5B0%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bvalue%5D=&columns%5B0%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bregex%5D=false&columns%5B1%5D%5Bdata%5D=1&columns%5B1%5D%5Bname%5D=dist&columns%5B1%5D%5Bsearchable%5D=true&columns%5B1%5D%5Borderable%5D=true&columns%5B1%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bvalue%5D=0-10&columns%5B1%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bregex%5D=false&columns%5B2%5D%5Bdata%5D=2&columns%5B2%5D%5Bname%5D=ecfp4&columns%5B2%5D%5Bsearchable%5D=true&columns%5B2%5D%5Borderable%5D=true&columns%5B2%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bvalue%5D=&columns%5B2%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bregex%5D=false&columns%5B3%5D%5Bdata%5D=3&columns%5B3%5D%5Bname%5D=daylight&columns%5B3%5D%5Bsearchable%5D=true&columns%5B3%5D%5Borderable%5D=true&columns%5B3%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bvalue%5D=&columns%5B3%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bregex%5D=false&columns%5B4%5D%5Bdata%5D=4&columns%5B4%5D%5Bname%5D=topodist&columns%5B4%5D%5Bsearchable%5D=true&columns%5B4%5D%5Borderable%5D=true&columns%5B4%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bvalue%5D=0-4&columns%5B4%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bregex%5D=false&columns%5B5%5D%5Bdata%5D=5&columns%5B5%5D%5Bname%5D=mces&columns%5B5%5D%5Bsearchable%5D=true&columns%5B5%5D%5Borderable%5D=true&columns%5B5%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bvalue%5D=&columns%5B5%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bregex%5D=false&columns%5B6%5D%5Bdata%5D=6&columns%5B6%5D%5Bname%5D=tdn&columns%5B6%5D%5Bsearchable%5D=true&columns%5B6%5D%5Borderable%5D=true&columns%5B6%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bvalue%5D=0-4&columns%5B6%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bregex%5D=false&columns%5B7%5D%5Bdata%5D=7&columns%5B7%5D%5Bname%5D=tup&columns%5B7%5D%5Bsearchable%5D=true&columns%5B7%5D%5Borderable%5D=true&columns%5B7%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bvalue%5D=0-4&columns%5B7%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bregex%5D=false&columns%5B8%5D%5Bdata%5D=8&columns%5B8%5D%5Bname%5D=rdn&columns%5B8%5D%5Bsearchable%5D=true&columns%5B8%5D%5Borderable%5D=true&columns%5B8%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bvalue%5D=0-4&columns%5B8%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bregex%5D=false&columns%5B9%5D%5Bdata%5D=9&columns%5B9%5D%5Bname%5D=rup&columns%5B9%5D%5Bsearchable%5D=true&columns%5B9%5D%5Borderable%5D=true&columns%5B9%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bvalue%5D=0-4&columns%5B9%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bregex%5D=false&columns%5B10%5D%5Bdata%5D=10&columns%5B10%5D%5Bname%5D=ldn&columns%5B10%5D%5Bsearchable%5D=true&columns%5B10%5D%5Borderable%5D=true&columns%5B10%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bvalue%5D=0-4&columns%5B10%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bregex%5D=false&columns%5B11%5D%5Bdata%5D=11&columns%5B11%5D%5Bname%5D=lup&columns%5B11%5D%5Bsearchable%5D=true&columns%5B11%5D%5Borderable%5D=true&columns%5B11%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bvalue%5D=0-4&columns%5B11%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bregex%5D=false&columns%5B12%5D%5Bdata%5D=12&columns%5B12%5D%5Bname%5D=mut&columns%5B12%5D%5Bsearchable%5D=true&columns%5B12%5D%5Borderable%5D=true&columns%5B12%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bvalue%5D=&columns%5B12%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bregex%5D=false&columns%5B13%5D%5Bdata%5D=13&columns%5B13%5D%5Bname%5D=maj&columns%5B13%5D%5Bsearchable%5D=true&columns%5B13%5D%5Borderable%5D=true&columns%5B13%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bvalue%5D=0-4&columns%5B13%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bregex%5D=false&columns%5B14%5D%5Bdata%5D=14&columns%5B14%5D%5Bname%5D=min&columns%5B14%5D%5Bsearchable%5D=true&columns%5B14%5D%5Borderable%5D=true&columns%5B14%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bvalue%5D=0-4&columns%5B14%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bregex%5D=false&columns%5B15%5D%5Bdata%5D=15&columns%5B15%5D%5Bname%5D=hyb&columns%5B15%5D%5Bsearchable%5D=true&columns%5B15%5D%5Borderable%5D=true&columns%5B15%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bvalue%5D=0-4&columns%5B15%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bregex%5D=false&columns%5B16%5D%5Bdata%5D=16&columns%5B16%5D%5Bname%5D=sub&columns%5B16%5D%5Bsearchable%5D=true&columns%5B16%5D%5Borderable%5D=true&columns%5B16%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bvalue%5D=0-4&columns%5B16%5D%5Bsearch%5D%5Bregex%5D=false&order%5B0%5D%5Bcolumn%5D=0&order%5B0%5D%5Bdir%5D=asc&start=0&length=18&search%5Bvalue%5D=&search%5Bregex%5D=false&_=1561063193443'

List of Publicly Available Maps

• ZINC-Interesting-297K
• BB-Stock-1.5M
• In-Stock-13.9M
• ZINC-All-For-Sale-1.2B
• ZINC-All-1.2B
• BB-all-for-sale-18M
• ZINC-On-Demand-1B
• GDB13-977M
• Wait-OK-1B
• WuXi-58.6M

The SmallWorld API provides the following additional entry points:

/search/maps

Lists all available dataset mapfiles. The response is a JSON detailing the map name, id prefix, resolve url

Example Request:

   curl 'http://sw.docking.org/search/maps'

/search/config

Retrieves the public server configuration as JSON including the list of available score functions. The names of the scoring functions can be provided as a parameter to the /search/submit endpoint. Example Request:

   curl 'http://sw.docking.org/search/config'