how to retrieve STRING information without downloading it?

Question

[Learner]

Hello,

I am wondering if there is any way to extract information for a set of PPI without downloading the database? It is because the database is really huge which is difficult to work with

Thanks for your comment

Answer 1

[Lars Juhl Jensen]

As Jean-Karim correctly pointed out, there is the REST API. Also, if you are only interested in a specific organism, look at the "FILES TOO LARGE?" part of the Download page. It allows you to download files with data for only a specific organism of your choice, which will obviously be much more manageable in size than the files with data on all 2000+ organisms.

Answer 2

[Jean-Karim Heriche]

You can use the STRING REST API. Check the docs here. However, depending on what you need, it might still be better to download the whole interaction file because the API has some limitations.

[Learner]

@Jean-Karim Heriche is it possible to get info in background? I just need the interaction values between pairs of PP