SRAdb (version 1.30.0)

getFASTQfile: Download SRA fastq files from EBI ENA through ftp or fasp

Description

This function downloads SRA fastq data files through ftp or fasp from EBI ENA site for a given list of SRA accessions.

Usage

getFASTQfile( in_acc, sra_con, destDir = getwd(), srcType = 'ftp', makeDirectory = FALSE, method = 'curl', ascpCMD = NULL)

Arguments

in_acc

character vector of SRA accessions that could be be in one or more SRA sata types: study, sample, experiment and/or run.

sra_con

connection to the SRAmetadb SQLite database

destDir

destination directory to save downloaded fastq files

srcType

type of transfer protocol, which should be "ftp" or "fasp".

makeDirectory

logical, TRUE or FALSE. If TRUE and baseDir does not exists, storedir will be created to save downloaded files, otherwise downloaded fastq files will be saved to current directory.

method

character vector of length 1, passed to the identically named argument of download.file.

ascpCMD

ascp main commands, which should be constructed by a user according to the actual installation of Aspera Connect in the system, with proper options to be used. Example commands: "ascp -QT -l 300m -i /usr/local/aspera/connect/etc/asperaweb_id_dsa.putty" (Linux) or "'/Applications/Aspera Connect.app/Contents/Resources/ascp' -QT -l 300m -i '/Applications/Aspera Connect.app/Contents/Resources/asperaweb_id_dsa.putty'" (Mac OS X). More about ascp please see the help ('ascp -h' in a shell).

Warning

Downloading SRA fastq files through ftp over long distance could take long time and should consider using using 'fasp'.

Details

The function first gets ftp/fasp addresses of SRA fastq files using funcitn getFASTQinfo for a given list of input SRA accessions; then downloads the fastq files through ftp or fasp.

See Also

getFASTQinfo, getSRAfile, ascpR

Examples

if(file.exists('SRAmetadb.sqlite')) {
	## Not run: 
# 	library(SRAdb)
# 	sra_dbname <- 'SRAmetadb.sqlite'	
# 	sra_con <- dbConnect( dbDriver("SQLite"), sra_dbname )
# 	
# 	## Download fastq files from EBI ENA  through ftp
# 	getFASTQfile( in_acc = c("SRR000648","SRR000657"), sra_con, destDir = getwd(), srcType = 'ftp', ascpCMD = NULL )
# 		
# 	## Download fastq files from EBI ENA  through fasp
# 	ascpCMD <- 'ascp -QT -l 300m -i /usr/local/aspera/connect/etc/asperaweb_id_dsa.putty'
# 	## common ascpCMD for a system with Mac OS X:
# 	#ascpCMD <- "'/Applications/Aspera Connect.app/Contents/Resources/ascp' -QT -l 300m -i '/Applications/Aspera Connect.app/Contents/Resources/asperaweb_id_dsa.putty'"	
# 	getFASTQfile( in_acc = c("SRR000648","SRR000657"), sra_con, srcType='fasp', ascpCMD=ascpCMD )
# 	
# 	dbDisconnect( sra_con )
# 	## End(Not run)
} else {
	print("use getSRAdbFile() to get a copy of the SRAmetadb.sqlite file and then rerun the example")
}