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The following URLs are backward compatible to the original Search&Color Pathway tool, a part of the current KEGG Mapper Color tool.

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Map coloring by GET method

Name
map coloring (get) - KEGG pathway map coloring by HTTP GET request method
URL form 
https://www.kegg.jp/kegg-bin/show_pathway?<mapid>/<dataset>[/default%3d<dcolor>]

<mapid> = KEGG pathway map identifier
<dataset> = <dbentry>1%09<bgcolor>1,<fgcolor>1[/<dbentry>2%09<bgcolor>2,<fgcolor>2...]

<bgcolor> = background color
<fgcolor> = foreground color             "%09" represents TAB in ASCII code
<dcolor> = default background color      "%3d" represents "=" in ASCII code
Description
This URL allows coloring of objects in a KEGG pathway map according to the color specification given in single-line, slash(/)-delimited <dataset>. Use "%23" in ASCII code instead of "#" for color specification.
Examples
<dataset>
1.14.16.1<TAB>,blue/C00079<TAB>,red/C00166/default=pink
https://www.kegg.jp/kegg-bin/show_pathway?map00400/1.14.16.1%09,blue/C00079%09,red/C00166/default%3dpink

<dataset>
1.14.16.1<TAB>,blue/C00079<TAB>,red/C00166<TAB>#005050
https://www.kegg.jp/kegg-bin/show_pathway?map00400/1.14.16.1%09,blue/C00079%09,red/C00166%09%23005050

Map coloring by POST method

Name
map coloring (post) - KEGG pathway map coloring by HTTP POST request method
URL form 
https://www.kegg.jp/kegg-bin/show_pathway?map=<mapid>&multi_query=<dataset>[&nocolor=1]

<mapid> = KEGG pathway map identifier
<dataset> = <dbentry>1+<bgcolor>1,<fgcolor>1[%0d%0a<dbentry>2+<bgcolor>2,<fgcolor>2...]

<bgcolor> = background color             "%0d" represents CR in ASCII code
<fgcolor> = foreground color             "%0a" represents LF in ASCII code
Description
This URL allows coloring of objects in a KEGG pathway map according to the color specification given in multiple-line <dataset>, which corresponds to the textarea in KEGG Mapper Color. To use uncolored diagram (rather than colored organism-specific diagram, for example) specify the nocolor option.
Examples
<dataset>
7167+red,blue
C00118+pink
https://www.kegg.jp/kegg-bin/show_pathway?map=hsa00010&multi_query=7167+red,blue%0d%0aC00118+pink

Last updated: November 1, 2022