[ensembl-dev] REST - map endpoint

mag mr6 at ebi.ac.uk
Fri Jun 16 14:56:59 BST 2017


Dear Daniel,

Thank you for reporting this, it is definitely not expected behaviour.
We will investigate the problem and let you know when a fix is available.


Kind regards,
Magali

On 16/06/2017 13:50, Daniel Suveges wrote:
>
> Ok, I have to adjust my question: apparently sometimes the query 
> returns the expected coordinates, but mostly the return is empty. I 
> hope this helps.
>
> (On the attached screenshot you can see that the response to the same 
> query sometimes empty, sometimes not.)
>
> Best,
>
> Daniel
>
> *From: *Dev <dev-bounces at ensembl.org> on behalf of Daniel Suveges 
> <ds26 at sanger.ac.uk>
> *Reply-To: *Ensembl developers list <dev at ensembl.org>
> *Date: *Friday, 16 June 2017 at 13:16
> *To: *Ensembl developers list <dev at ensembl.org>
> *Subject: *[ensembl-dev] REST - map endpoint
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> I’m trying to use the map endpoint of the REST service (to map between 
> the human GRCh37 and 38 build) and I’m encountering some unexpected 
> behavior:
>
> Let’s take the variant rs11553699 for example:
>
> it’s GRCh37 coordinates: 12:122216910
>
> it’s GRCh38 coordinates: 12:121779004
>
> If I want to map it’s GRCh37 coordinates to the newer build it works:
>
> http://rest.ensembl.org/map/human/GRCh37/12:122216910..122216910:1/GRCh38?content-type=application/json
>
> But when I’m trying to do the same in the opposite direction, the 
> ‘mappings’ array is empty in the returned json:
>
> http://rest.ensembl.org/map/human/GRCh38/12:121779004..121779004:1/GRCh37?content-type=application/json
>
> For other GRCh38 coordinates mapping works, this position has 
> coordinates in both build, so it is not clear to me why the second 
> query seemingly fails.
>
> Thank you very much for your help!
>
> Best,
>
> Daniel
>
>
>
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