[ensembl-dev] Ensembl REST API | GET eqtl/tissue/:species/

[Ramiro Magno]

Hi Thomas,

Got any update on the new eQTL server: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/eqtl ?

RM

On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 at 17:22, Ramiro Magno <ramiro.magno at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Thomas,
>
> Thank you for your quick response. Let's wait for that new service then!
>
> All the best,
> Ramiro
>
>
>
> On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 at 17:05, Thomas Juettemann <juettemann at ebi.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Ramiro,
>>
>> Thanks for your message. I agree with your points. The eQTL adaptor was
>> the first endpoint that I created, certainly room for improvement. ;-)
>>
>> eQTLs are moving to a different team, and a new dedicated eQTL server is
>> work in progress, The beta server  should be available in latest a month at
>> this URL:
>> https://www.ebi.ac.uk/eqtl
>> It is currently returning 404, but will be active soon. There will be a
>> new API for you to play with if you are interested.
>>
>> For that reason we will not expand these endpoints further, I hope that
>> makes sense.
>>
>> Thank you for going through them in such detail, that is much
>> appreciated.
>> Please let me know if you have any further questions.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Thomas
>>
>>
>> On 11 Sep 2019, at 12:00, Ramiro Magno <ramiro.magno at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Devs,
>>
>> I have a few questions about the endpoint "eqtl/tissue/:species/".
>>
>> Q1: The doc (https://rest.ensembl.org/documentation/info/tissues <
>> https://rest.ensembl.org/documentation/info/tissues>) indicates that
>> there are no required parameters but that is a mistake, right? It always
>> needs the species name, correct?
>>
>> Q2: Can I use this endpoint with other species than human? I tried with
>> ovis_aries and capra_hircus but got a funny error: "error: No EQTL adaptor
>> available".
>>
>> Q3: About the json output, the json is a list key/value pairs, with
>> tissue name being the key and value being (always?) 1. Can the value in any
>> circumstance be different from 1? If not, may I ask why this specific
>> design choice? Why not simply return an array of tissue names?
>>
>> As always, many thanks in advance, Ramiro Magno
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