The Ensembl project provides a comprehensive and integrated source of annotation of mainly vertebrate genome sequences. Our sister project Ensembl Genomes covers bacteria, plants, fungi, protists and (invertebrate) metazoa. This workshop is aimed at researchers and developers interested in exploring the data beyond the websites. The workshop covers how to use the Ensembl REST APIs, including understanding the major endpoints and how to write Python/R/Perl scripts to call them.

We will cover:

* Overview of the Ensembl REST API

* Accessing GET queries with the Ensembl REST API

* Decoding json and chaining REST queries together

* Accessing POST queries with the Ensembl REST API

* Rate limiting

Prerequisites:

Programming skills in Python, R or Perl; previous attendance of an Ensembl browser workshop, such as  https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/events/2019/ensembl-browser-workshop-ebi-15-october-2019

Further information and details on how to register, can be found here.