Command Line Interface

chembl_downloader automatically installs the command chembl_downloader. See chembl_downloader --help for usage details.

chembl_downloader

Test the connection.

chembl_downloader [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

download

Download the data.

chembl_downloader download [OPTIONS]

Options

--version <version>

The ChEMBL version to use. Defaults to latest.

-v, --verbose

Enable verbose mode. More -v’s means more verbose.

history

Generate a historical analysis of ChEMBL.

chembl_downloader history [OPTIONS]

Options

--delete-old

Delete old versions as you go, useful if you have limited hard disk space but also more time intensive on re-run.

--test

Run on test versions: 1, 9, 19, 25, 35

--max-workers <max_workers>

Use threading to download/process multiple at the same time. In practice, this doesn’t work because the ChEMBL server is limited in how fast it can serve the data.

history-draw

Draw charts after running the history CLI command.

chembl_downloader history-draw [OPTIONS]

substructure

Build a substructure library.

chembl_downloader substructure [OPTIONS]

Options

--version <version>

The ChEMBL version to use. Defaults to latest.

-v, --verbose

Enable verbose mode. More -v’s means more verbose.

summarize

Run test queries and print results to the console.

chembl_downloader summarize [OPTIONS]

Options

--version <version>

The ChEMBL version to use. Defaults to latest.

-v, --verbose

Enable verbose mode. More -v’s means more verbose.