Does pyensembl cache mirror the upstream file structure?

openvax / pyensembl

Python interface to access reference genome features (such as genes, transcripts, and exons) from Ensembl

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Does pyensembl cache mirror the upstream file structure? #235

Open Hoeze opened 4 years ago

Hoeze commented 4 years ago

Hi, we currently have a folder containing the ensembl files we use. These are downloaded in the same structure as on ftp://ftp.ensembl.org/pub/. Is it possible to use this folder as cache folder for PyEnsembl?

fabianegli commented 4 years ago

This is not currently the case and would require code changes in this repo and probably also https://github.com/openvax/datacache which implements the downloading.

I see this as a useful feature request especially for the use of pyensembl in computing facilities where downloads can be presented to multiple users.