This is what I want to do. I have a list of gene names for example: [ITGB1, RELA, NFKBIA]
Looking up the help in biopython and tutorial for API for entrez I came up with this:
x = ['ITGB1', 'RELA', 'NFKBIA']
for item in x:
handle = Entrez.efetch(db="nucleotide", id=item ,rettype="gb")
record = handle.read()
out_handle = open('genes/'+item+'.xml', 'w') #to create a file with gene name
out_handle.write(record)
out_handle.close
But this keeps erroring out. I have discovered that if the id is a numerical id (although you have to make it in to a string to use, '186972394' so:
handle = Entrez.efetch(db="nucleotide", id='186972394' ,rettype="gb")
This gets me the info I want which includes the sequence.
So now to the Question: How can I search gene names (cause I do not have id numbers) or easily convert my gene names to ids to get the sequences for the gene list I have.
Thank you,