rsnps-package: Get SNP (Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism) Data on the Web

In rsnps: Get 'SNP' ('Single-Nucleotide' 'Polymorphism') Data on the Web

Description

This package gives you access to data from OpenSNP (https://opensnp.org) via their API (https://opensnp.org/faq#api) and NCBI's dbSNP SNP database (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/snp).

NCBI Authenication

This applies the function ncbi_snp_query():

You can optionally use an API key, if you do it will allow higher rate limits (more requests per time period)

If you don't have an NCBI API key, get one at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/account/

Create your key from your account. After generating your key set an environment variable as ENTREZ_KEY in .Renviron.

ENTREZ_KEY='youractualkeynotthisstring'

You can optionally pass in your API key to the key parameter in NCBI functions in this package. However, it's much better from a security perspective to set an environment variable.

Author(s)

Scott Chamberlain [e-mail]

Kevin Ushey [e-mail]

Hao Zhu [e-mail]

Sina Rüeger [e-mail]

Julia Gustavsen [e-mail]

rsnps documentation built on Jan. 28, 2022, 5:07 p.m.