Add note on CLI to get_ids

sorgerlab · Oct 26, 2023 · 74171f2 · 74171f2
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diff --git a/indra/literature/pubmed_client.py b/indra/literature/pubmed_client.py
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ def get_ids(search_term, **kwargs):
     that can be changed via the corresponding keyword argument. Note also
     the retstart argument along with retmax to page across batches of IDs.
 
+    PubMed's REST API makes it difficult to retrieve more than 10k
+    PMIDs systematically. See the `get_all_ids` function in this module
+    for a way to retrieve more than 10k IDs using the PubMed edirect CLI.
+
     Parameters
     ----------
     search_term : str