Download Alliance .tsv.gz File

Downloads a URL-specified .tsv.gz file from the Alliance of Genome Resources. Files can be found at https://www.alliancegenome.org/downloads. Right-click on the "tsv" link of a desired file and select "Copy Link" to get the file URL.

Usage

download_alliance_tsv(dest_dir, url = NULL, ...)

Arguments

dest_dir

path to directory where file will be saved

url

URL to Alliance file; if not provided, will be requested at console

...

Additional arguments passed on to utils::download.file().

Value

Path to saved file.

Details

A date stamp indicating download date is added to the base file name.

Recommendation

Although it's possbile to directly read a file from the URL, downloading it promotes reproducibility and ensures future access if needed.

See also

Other Alliance functions: count_alliance_records(), read_alliance(), save_alliance_counts()