get_encode_types: A list of known tables from ENCODE database.
Description
The type (table) names are extracted from the schema list from ENCODE-DCC
github repository:
https://github.com/ENCODE-DCC/encoded/tree/master/src/encoded/schemas
Value
a vector of character with the names of the known tables in
the ENCODE database.
Details
The data is extracted using the github api:
https://developer.github.com/guides/getting-started/