variant_id is a variable name that has different meanings depending on the context.
These are easily confused and not entirely obvious which meaning is expected even when they appear in context.
In sequences it's expected to be the VCF format of chrom-pos-ref-alt
In the browser routes, e.g. /variant/api/snv/<string:variant_id> it is expected to be a dbSNP rsID
Resolved when
Different expectations of content have different variable names.
Issue or current state
variant_idis a variable name that has different meanings depending on the context. These are easily confused and not entirely obvious which meaning is expected even when they appear in context.sequencesit's expected to be the VCF format ofchrom-pos-ref-alt/variant/api/snv/<string:variant_id>it is expected to be a dbSNPrsIDResolved when
Different expectations of content have different variable names.
var_ref_idfor the variant reference identifiers.var_vcf_idfor the VCF style variant identifiers.