NCBIXML parser get hit sequence

Question

[yarmda]

I want to retrieve the complete sequences of BLAST results that are stored in an XML file. I can see that hsp_hseq is not the complete sequence. Is there an easier way to do this than by pulling the identifier and downloading with Entrez?

<Hit>
  <Hit_num>2</Hit_num>
  <Hit_id>gi|755995789|gb|CP009605.1|</Hit_id>
  <Hit_def>Bacillus cereus strain S2-8, complete genome</Hit_def>
  <Hit_accession>CP009605</Hit_accession>
  <Hit_len>5271178</Hit_len>
  <Hit_hsps>
    <Hsp>
      <Hsp_num>1</Hsp_num>
      <Hsp_bit-score>366858</Hsp_bit-score>
      <Hsp_score>198661</Hsp_score>
      <Hsp_evalue>0</Hsp_evalue>
      <Hsp_query-from>3859112</Hsp_query-from>
      <Hsp_query-to>4061503</Hsp_query-to>
      <Hsp_hit-from>311811</Hsp_hit-from>
      <Hsp_hit-to>109360</Hsp_hit-to>
      <Hsp_query-frame>1</Hsp_query-frame>
      <Hsp_hit-frame>-1</Hsp_hit-frame>
      <Hsp_identity>201234</Hsp_identity>
      <Hsp_positive>201234</Hsp_positive>
      <Hsp_gaps>132</Hsp_gaps>
      <Hsp_align-len>202488</Hsp_align-len>
      <Hsp_qseq>AATAATAATAATTAAAATAAAAAAACTTTAGAATTTTCTTATTTCAAAACAGTAGACAAAATTCAAAAAATTGTGTTAGAATTTGTTTCAATATCATATCGCTTGTTAAATTCCTTTCAAAAGGAAAATAGGTACACGAACATTTCGTTTCGTGTTTAAAAGGGAAGCTTGGTGAAACTCCAACACGGTCCCGCCACTGTAAATGCTGAGATTTCTTTTTGATACCAC$
      <Hsp_hseq>AATAAGAATAATAAAAATAAAAAAACTTTAGAATTTTCTTATTTCAAAACAGTAGACAAAATTCCAAAAATTGTGTTAGAATTTGTTTCAATATCATATCGCTTGTTAAATTCCTTTCAAAAGGAAAATAGGTACACGAACATTTCGTTTCGTGTTTAAAAGGGAAGCTTGGTGAAACTCCAACACGGTCCCGCCACTGTAAATGCTGAGATTTCTTTGTAGTGCCAC

Answer 1

[Pierre Lindenbaum]

use blastdbcmd with your blast database.