MassSpecAPI Web Service

MassSpecAPI

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SearchByMass

Search ChemSpider by mass +/- range within specified datasources list. This operation is deprecated and will be removed soon - use SearchByMassAsync instead.

Test

The test form is only available for requests from the local machine.

SOAP 1.1

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /MassSpecAPI.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: chemsynthesis.chemspider.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://www.chemspider.com/SearchByMass"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <SearchByMass xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/">
      <mass>double</mass>
      <range>double</range>
      <dbs>
        <string>string</string>
        <string>string</string>
      </dbs>
    </SearchByMass>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <SearchByMassResponse xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/">
      <SearchByMassResult>
        <string>string</string>
        <string>string</string>
      </SearchByMassResult>
    </SearchByMassResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP 1.2

The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /MassSpecAPI.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: chemsynthesis.chemspider.com
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <SearchByMass xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/">
      <mass>double</mass>
      <range>double</range>
      <dbs>
        <string>string</string>
        <string>string</string>
      </dbs>
    </SearchByMass>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <SearchByMassResponse xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/">
      <SearchByMassResult>
        <string>string</string>
        <string>string</string>
      </SearchByMassResult>
    </SearchByMassResponse>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>