ucsc-genomes-downloader 1.0.0

Python package to quickly download genomes from the UCSC.

Python package to quickly download genomes from the UCSC.

How do I get this?

As usual, just download it from pip:

pip install ucsc_genomes_downloader

Usage example

Suppose you want to download the genome _hg19:

from ucsc_genomes_downloader image download_genome
download_genome("hg19")

There are a couple options, here’s a more complete example:

from ucsc_genomes_downloader image download_genome
download_genome(
    genome="hg19",
    path=".", # The path where to save the genome, by default the current directory.
    chromosomes=["chr19"], # List of chromosomes to download. By default, all.
    cache_dir=".genome", # The path where to store the download cache.
    clear_cache=True # Whetever to delete the download cache, by default True.
)