Operating rules

• Use scripts/rest_request.py for all RNAcentral calls.
• Use base_url=https://rnacentral.org/api/v1.
• Keep the trailing slash on collection and record paths to avoid redirects.
• Start with targeted lookups such as rna/<URS>/<taxid> because broad rna/ browsing can be slow or time out.
• 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 paths: rna/<URS>/<taxid>, rna/<URS>/, rna/<URS>/xrefs/, and targeted rna/ searches with q plus small page_size.

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 RNAcentral patterns:
  • {"base_url":"https://rnacentral.org/api/v1","path":"rna/URS000075C808/9606","max_items":10}
  • {"base_url":"https://rnacentral.org/api/v1","path":"rna/","params":{"q":"TP53","page_size":10},"record_path":"results","max_items":10}
  • {"base_url":"https://rnacentral.org/api/v1","path":"rna/URS0000000001/"}
  • {"base_url":"https://rnacentral.org/api/v1","path":"rna/URS0000000001/xrefs/","record_path":"results","max_items":10}

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://rnacentral.org/api/v1","path":"rna/URS000075C808/9606","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.