Map compound names to PubChem CIDs

This function maps compound names to PubChem CIDs using the PubChem REST API.

Usage

mapCompound2CID(names, first = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

names

A character vector of compound names.

first

Logical indicating whether to return only the first CID for each compound name (default is FALSE).

...

Additional arguments to be passed to the getPubchemCompound function.

Value

A character vector of PubChem CIDs.

Examples

mapCompound2CID(c("aspirin", "caffeine"))
#>        name  cids
#>      <char> <int>
#> 1:  aspirin  2244
#> 2: caffeine  2519