Function getIUPACName

getIUPACName(name: string): Promise<Maybe<string>>

Gets the IUPAC name of a chemical from the Cactus API.

Parameters

name: string
The name of the chemical to get the IUPAC name of

Returns Promise<Maybe<string>>

The IUPAC name of the chemical

Source

export async function getIUPACName(name: string): Promise<Maybe<string>> {
  const response = await fetch(
    `https://cactus.nci.nih.gov/chemical/structure/${encodeURIComponent(name)}/iupac_name`,
  );
  const data = await response.text();
  if (!data) return;
  return data.trim();
}