quincunx (version 0.1.9)

get_cohorts: Get PGS Catalog Cohorts

Description

Retrieves cohorts via the PGS Catalog REST API. Please note that all cohort_symbol is vectorised, thus allowing for batch mode search.

Usage

get_cohorts(
  cohort_symbol = NULL,
  verbose = FALSE,
  warnings = TRUE,
  progress_bar = TRUE
)

Value

A cohorts object.

Arguments

cohort_symbol

A cohort symbol or NULL if all cohorts are intended.

verbose

A logical indicating whether the function should be verbose about the different queries or not.

warnings

A logical indicating whether to print warnings, if any.

progress_bar

Whether to show a progress bar indicating download progress from the REST API server.

Examples

# Get information about specific cohorts by their symbols (acronyms)
get_cohorts(cohort_symbol = c('23andMe', 'IPOBCS'))

# Get info on all cohorts (may take a few minutes to download)
if (FALSE) {
get_cohorts()
}