Ncbi download genbank file

Installation pip install ncbi-acc-download. Releases 8 Release 0. Oct 22, Packages 0 No packages published. Contributors 3. You signed in with another tab or window. It is possible to also create a human-readable directory structure in parallel to mirroringthe layout used by NCBI:.

This will use links to point to the appropriate files in the NCBI directory structure,so it saves file space. Note that links are not supported on some Windows file systems and someolder versions of Windows. It is also possible to re-run a previous download with the --human-readable option. In this case, ncbi-genome-download will not download any new genome files, and just createhuman-readable directory structure.

Note that if any files have been changed on the NCBI side,a file download will be triggered. If you want to filter for the 'relation to type material' column of theassembly summary file, you can use the --type-material option.

Multiple values can be given, separated by comma:. By default, ncbi-genome-download caches the assembly summary files for the respective taxonomicgroups for one day. You can skip using the cache file by using the --no-cache option. The output of --help also shows the cache directory, should you want to remove any of the cachedfiles. You can also use it as a method call. Note : To specify a taxonomic group, like bacteria , use the group keyword. Learn more. Ask Question. Asked 2 years ago.

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