title: Using EMBL-EBI Services via Web Interface and Programmatically via Web Services.
abstract: The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) provides access to a wide range of databases and analysis tools that are of key importance in bioinformatics. As well as providing Web interfaces to these resources, Web Services are available using SOAP and REST protocols that enable programmatic access to our resources and allow their integration into other applications and analytical workflows. This unit describes the various options available to a typical researcher or bioinformatician who wishes to use our resources via Web interface or programmatically via a range of programming languages.
authors.affiliation: EMBL Outstation-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.affiliation: EMBL Outstation-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cowley
authors.affiliation: EMBL Outstation-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Weizhong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: EMBL Outstation-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Hamish
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: McWilliam
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D019295:Computational Biology; D003628:Database Management Systems; D020407:Internet; D014584:User-Computer Interface
keywords: Programmatic access; REST; SOAP; Web Services; analytical pipelines; workflows