flowRep.search:
Search FlowRepository for datasets matching the query and retrieve a
vector of identifiers of matching datasets.
Description
This function connects to FlowRepository (flowrepository.org)
via an XML-based API and searches for datasets matching the query term.
The search covers experiment names, repository identifiers, keywords,
researcher first and last names, reagents and reagent manufactures,
instruments and instrument manufactures, sample annotations and
manuscript identifiers. A vector of identifiers of matching
datasets is retrieved. NULL is returned if no matching datasets are found.
Usage
flowRep.search(query.string)
Arguments
query.string
The query term used to search FlowRepository
datasets for.
Value
A vector of objects of class character containing strings
with FlowRepository dataset identifiers available. NULL if no matching
datasets were found.
Details
An HTTP GET request is sent to FlowRepository to perform the search,
this retrieves an XML from FlowRepository, and this XML
is parsed to extract the list of identifiers of matching experiments.
References
Spidlen Josef. FlowRepository Resources for Developers.
http://flowrepository.org/developers