list_files: Obtains infromation about the files in GDC.

In cdiener/tcgar: A small helper package for using data from the Genomic Data Commons

Description

This function downloads a list of all files in GDC together with additional metadata. Here the most important metadata is the mapping of individual experimental data to the corresponding patient.

Usage

list_files(query = "default", unique = TRUE, chunk = 10000,
  max_size = Inf)

Arguments

query	Optional. The GDC query to be used. By default downloads detailed information for all files in the GDC.
unique	optional boolean. Whether only to return file info for file that can be mapped to a unique patient and sample (if applicable).
chunk	optional number. File info is requested in chunks of this size. Avoids server errors when requesting all files at once.
max_size	Maximum number of entries to download.

Value

A data table mapping files to various ids and the the patient

Examples

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cdiener/tcgar documentation built on May 13, 2019, 2:41 p.m.