module EnsemblRest::Lookup

Public Class Methods

lookup_id(id, opts = {}) click to toggle source

Query for an identifier’s location in the available Ensembl databases

# File lib/bio-ensembl-rest/lookup.rb, line 6
def self.lookup_id(id, opts = {})
  opts = EnsemblRest.parse_options opts
  path = EnsemblRest.build_path "/lookup/id/#{id}", opts

  if opts['content-type'] == 'ruby'
    plain_opts = opts.clone
    plain_opts['content-type'] = 'application/json'
    return JSON.parse lookup_id id, plain_opts
  end

  return EnsemblRest.fetch_data path, opts, 'lookup' 
end