Biothings_client.py¶
Biothings_client.py is a unified python client providing an easy-to-use wrapper for accessing any BioThings API (e.g. MyGene.Info, MyVariant.Info, MyChem.Info). It is the descendent and eventual replacement of both the MyGene.py and MyVariant.py python clients.
Requirements¶
Python >=2.7 (including python3)
(Python 2.6 might still work, but is not supported any more since v0.2.0)
requests (install using
pip install requests)
Optional dependencies¶
- pandas (install using
pip install pandas) is required for returning a list of objects as DataFrame.- requests-cache (install using
pip install requests-cache) is required to use the local data caching function.
Installation¶
- Option 1
Install directly from pip:
pip install biothings_client- Option 2
download/extract the source code and run:
python setup.py install- Option 3
install the latest code directly from the repository:
pip install -e git+https://github.com/biothings/biothings_client.py#egg=biothings_client