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Examples
# might fail if API is not available
get_cid('Triclosan')
get_cid('Triclosan', arg = 'name_type=word')
get_cid("BPGDAMSIGCZZLK-UHFFFAOYSA-N", from = 'inchikey')
get_cid("CCCC", from = 'smiles')
# multiple inputs
comp <- c('Triclosan', 'Aspirin')
get_cid(comp)