Operating rules

• Use scripts/rest_request.py for all Rhea calls.
• Use base_url=https://www.rhea-db.org.
• Start with the rhea search endpoint plus format=json.
• Keep queries narrow by reaction ID, compound name, EC number, or free-text reaction term.
• Re-run requests in long conversations instead of relying on older tool output.

Execution behavior

• Return concise markdown summaries from the script JSON by default.
• Return raw JSON only if the user explicitly asks for machine-readable output.
• Prefer these patterns: reaction search by query, targeted ID search via query=RHEA:<id>, and small result windows.

Input

• Read one JSON object from stdin.
• Required fields: base_url, path
• Optional fields: method, params, headers, json_body, form_body, record_path, response_format, max_items, max_depth, timeout_sec, save_raw, raw_output_path
• Common Rhea patterns:
  • {"base_url":"https://www.rhea-db.org","path":"rhea","params":{"query":"caffeine","format":"json"},"record_path":"results","max_items":10}
  • {"base_url":"https://www.rhea-db.org","path":"rhea","params":{"query":"RHEA:47148","format":"json"},"record_path":"results","max_items":5}

Output

• Success returns ok, source, path, method, status_code, warnings, and either compact records or a compact summary.
• Use raw_output_path when save_raw=true.
• Failure returns ok=false with error.code and error.message.

Execution

echo '{"base_url":"https://www.rhea-db.org","path":"rhea","params":{"query":"caffeine","format":"json"},"record_path":"results","max_items":10}' | python scripts/rest_request.py

References

• No additional runtime references are required; keep the import package limited to this file and scripts/rest_request.py.