RCSB API group by function

[jlefebre]

Would it be possible to implement the group_by function of the RCSB API in the search command? This would allow for retrieval of grouped PDB IDs based on Uniprot accession or sequence similarity or, more interestingly, of one representative of each Uniprot ID. The respecitve REST API query would look something like this:

"return_type": "polymer_entity",
 "request_options": {
   "group_by_return_type": "groups",
   "group_by": {
     "aggregation_method": "matching_uniprot_accession",
     "ranking_criteria_type": {
       "sort_by": "rcsb_entry_info.resolution_combined",
       "direction": "asc"

[padix-key]

Hi, this sounds like a useful functionality to have. I think at least for "group_by_return_type" : "representatives", this is easy to integrate into the existing search() function, since the type of the return value does not change.

[alirezaomidi]

Are there any updates on this issue? Thanks. @padix-key

[padix-key]

Not yet. Since there seems to be some need for this feature, I would implement it in the upcoming week.