downloadData: Import TCGA metadata

In lootpiz/PatiDem: Characterization of PATIent DEMographics

Description

Download TCGA metadata (.xlsx) from the GDC data portal

Usage

downloadData(
  URL = NULL,
  fileName = NULL,
  fileType = "EXCEL",
  directory = file.path(".", "TCGA"),
  sheetIndex = 1,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

URL	character A remote URL for the clinical information
fileName	character A new file name to be saved
fileType	character A file type
directory	character A path to a directory where the file will be saved, create a directory if it does not exist
sheetIndex	numeric The index of the sheet (.xlsx) to read data from
verbose	logical Print status message during download, defaults to TRUE

Value

A downloaded matrix

Author(s)

Heewon Seo, [e-mail]

Examples

tcga <- downloadData()

lootpiz/PatiDem documentation built on July 27, 2020, 12:35 a.m.