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pxseek Wiki

This wiki is the user-facing documentation set for pxseek.

Start here

• Installation
• CLI Quickstart
• Python API
• Search Recipes
• Data Formats
• Troubleshooting and FAQ

Recommended first path

1. Install pxseek.
2. Run the three-step workflow: fetch, filter, then lookup.
3. Use Search Recipes when you want a biologically focused starting point.
4. Use Data Formats or Troubleshooting and FAQ when you need more detail.

Core idea

pxseek helps you search ProteomeXchange dataset metadata without a browser workflow. The main pattern is simple:

pxseek fetch -o px_datasets.tsv
pxseek filter -i px_datasets.tsv -s "Homo sapiens" -o human.tsv
pxseek lookup --input human.tsv -o detailed.tsv

Use the summary TSV for discovery. Use lookup on the final shortlist when you need richer metadata.