getENSEMBLInfo {biomartr}

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())

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.

Value

a tibble table storing info for all available ENSEMBL divisions.

Author(s)

Hajk-Georg Drost

See Also

ensembl_divisions, get.ensembl.info, getKingdomAssemblySummary

Examples

## Not run: 
# 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

## End(Not run)