Finding and downloading a cif file

[nittamaya]

I used to get a cif structure file very easily. But now, when I log in and click on crystal structure, there is a lot of topics what information one could get, but I have not seen any link to cif files. I tried to go back to legacy website and it asks to me sign in. I did, and nothing happens at website below.

https://legacy.materialsproject.org/social/complete/github/?code=aab8ed4a2db189d481c8&state=sdoE7DS8zRUjBlxw0NwoZukiLEWHBXzQ

I would appreciate if someone could give me directions on how to easily download a cif a file for a given structure.

[mkhorton]

Hi @nittamaya,

For the legacy website, maybe try Google login?

For the new website, you can still download CIFs via the following procedure:

1. Go to the material detail page of interest, e.g. mp-149: Si (Cubic, Fd-3m, 227) (or https://next-gen.materialsproject.org/materials/mp-149 if you want to make sure you’re going to the new website)

2. Click the “Export As” button shown here:

3. Then select the filetype you wish to download:

This is a brief tutorial, I can add an extended explanation to our documentation, including what the different CIF options represent and how to access them.

Hope this helps!

Matt

[nittamaya]

Thank you very much for your prompt reply.

[Oier_Arcelus]

Hi, I came across this forum entry and I want to get a little bit more information. I used to get symmetrized CIF requesting the following URL format:

''https://materialsproject.org/materials/identifier/cif?type=symmetrized''

But this does not work anymore. I tried the same endpoints using the next-gen.materialsproject.org address but I cannot get it to work. I guess something changed.