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Use Ensembl REST API instead of Perl API #566

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julie-sullivan opened this issue Jul 19, 2021 · 0 comments
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Use Ensembl REST API instead of Perl API #566

julie-sullivan opened this issue Jul 19, 2021 · 0 comments
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We have scripts to query Ensembl databases via their Perl API. We find this API difficult to use. Currently I am not able to run these scripts.

However, Ensembl has a (limited) REST API.

Xrefs
https://rest.ensembl.org/documentation/info/xref_id

Descriptions
https://rest.ensembl.org/lookup/id/ENSG00000157764?content-type=application/json;expand=1

Cytobands
https://rest.ensembl.org/documentation/info/assembly_info
Doesn't seem to have supercontigs here though?
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