DC-utilities Quick Start¶
| Authors: | Hanfei Sun |
|---|---|
| Version: | 0.1 of 2012/4/17 |
| Email: | hfsun.tju@gmail.com |
Introduction¶
This chapter provides a brief overview of basic DC-utility functions along with examples of URL calls. Please see Chapter 2 for a general introduction to these utilities and Chapter 4 for a detailed discussion of syntax and parameters.
Examples include live URLs that provide sample outpurs.
All DC-utility calls share the same base URL:
http://dc.cistrome.org/dcutils/
Search a Database¶
Basic Search¶
dcsearch?db=<database>&term=<query>
Input: Any Entrez query(&term) Output: List of UIDs matching the DC query Example: Get the Unique IDs(UiID) for datasets about p53 Transcription Factor in Science in 2008
http://dc.cistrome.org/dcutils/dcsearch?db=datasets&term=science[journal]+AND+p53+AND+2008
| DC Database | UiID common name | DC-utility Database Name |
|---|---|---|
| datacollection_papers | Paper ID | paper |
| datacollection_datasets | Dataset ID | dataset |
| Database Key | DC-utility Field Name |
|---|---|
| datacollection_celltypes.name | celltype |
| datacollection_celllines.name | cellname |
| datacollection_journals.name | journal |
| datacollection_assemblies.name | assemblie |
| datacollection_cellpops.name | cellpop |
| datacollection_antibodies.name | antibodie |
| datacollection_diseasestates.name | diseasestate |
| datacollection_factors.name | factor |
| datacollection_platforms.name | platform |
| datacollection_species.name | specie |
| datacollection_strains.name | strain |
| datacollection_tissuetypes.name | tissuetype |