Using MATLAB to search something on PubChem

Hello everyone,

I'd like to use MATLAB to search something on PUBCHEM (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/). I want to create a code that would automatically search something on this website and then click on the first option (after searching). Is there a way to do this in MATLAB?

Answer 1

[Bhupendra Prajapati]

Try visiting the link given below you will find an example

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/68293-programmatic-searching-with-pubchem-vancomycin-example?s_tid=answers_rc2-1_p4_MLT

[Camila Carvalho]

Thank you for your answer. However, on that link, it requires someone to already know the CID number of the compound to search through PubChem. Is there a way I can automate the search for the CID number. By that I mean, go to the main page in PubChem ((https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/), search for the name of the drug, and click on the first link to get the CID number? All using Matlab code?

[Benjamin Mendelson]

I'm trying to do the same thing, couldnt find a way to search list without CID yet