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AtlasRDF (version 1.8.0)

getExperimentsByDescription: Search for experiments in Atlas based on a string, e.g. liver, cancer etc.

Description

Find experiments in Atlas based on a search string such as a "liver" or "cancer". Returns the experiment IDs plus the text in which the search string was found.

Usage

getExperimentsByDescription(searchterm, limit = 0, endpoint = "http://www.ebi.ac.uk/rdf/services/atlas/sparql")

Arguments

searchterm
The search term.
limit
Optional limit on number of returned results (default is everything)
endpoint
The location of the SPARQL endpoint - default value is live Atlas endpoint

Value

$experiment
Atlas Experiment ID of matched experiment to search term'
$description
Description of experiment which matched term

Examples

Run this code
###get experiments which contain the word liver in the description
getExperimentsByDescription("liver")

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