biomartr (version 1.0.7)

getENSEMBLInfo: Retrieve ENSEMBL info file

Description

Retrieve species and genome information from http://rest.ensembl.org/info/species?content-type=application/json/.

Usage

getENSEMBLInfo(update = FALSE, divisions = ensembl_divisions())

Value

a tibble table storing info for all available ENSEMBL divisions.

Arguments

update

logical, default FALSE. If TRUE, update cached list, if FALSE use existing cache (if it exists). For cache location see cachedir()

divisions

character, name of divisions to check, default is all from ensembl_divisions(). If NULL, also all is used.

Author

Hajk-Georg Drost

See Also

ensembl_divisions, get.ensembl.info, getKingdomAssemblySummary

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# look at available divisions
ensembl_divisions()
# retrieve information for all ENSEMBL divisions at once
test <- getENSEMBLInfo()
test
# retrieve information for a particular ENSEMBL division (e.g. EnsemblVertebrates)
test_vertebrates <- get.ensembl.info(update = TRUE, division = "EnsemblVertebrates")
test_vertebrates
}