assays.py

# first things first:
from chembl_webresource_client import *
assays = AssayResource()
print assays.status()
True

# assays are simple, we can get them by chembl ID:
a = assays.get('CHEMBL1217643')
print a
{u'assayType': u'B', u'chemblId': u'CHEMBL1217643', u'journal': u'Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett.', 
u'assayStrain': u'Unspecified', u'assayOrganism': u'Homo sapiens', u'numBioactivities': 1, 
u'assayDescription': u'Inhibition of human hERG'}

# xml is supported:
a = assays.get('CHEMBL1217643', frmt='xml')
print a
'''
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>\n<assay><assayType>B</assayType>
<chemblId>CHEMBL1217643</chemblId><journal>Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett.</journal>
<assayStrain>Unspecified</assayStrain><assayOrganism>Homo sapiens</assayOrganism>
<numBioactivities>1</numBioactivities>
<assayDescription>Inhibition of human hERG</assayDescription></assay>'''


# as well as bulk retrieval:
al = assays.get(['CHEMBL1217643', 'CHEMBL1217644'])
print al
[
  {u'assayType': u'B', u'chemblId': u'CHEMBL1217643', u'journal': u'Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett.', 
  u'assayStrain': u'Unspecified', u'assayOrganism': u'Homo sapiens', u'numBioactivities': 1, 
  u'assayDescription': u'Inhibition of human hERG'}, 
  {u'assayType': u'B', u'chemblId': u'CHEMBL1217644', u'journal': u'Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett.', 
  u'assayStrain': u'Unspecified', u'numBioactivities': 1, u'assayDescription': u'Inhibition of MAOA'
  }
]