Retrieve UniProt Database Information File (STATS) — getUniProtSTATS • biomartr
Description: The UniProt stores a STATS file to summarise all available information for their reference proteomes. Users can now download this file and process it with biomartr.

# Retrieve UniProt Database Information File (STATS)

Source: `R/getUniProtSTATS.R`
`getUniProtSTATS.Rd`

The UniProt stores a `STATS` file to summarise all available information for their reference proteomes. Users can now download this file and process it with `biomartr`.

    getUniProtSTATS(update = FALSE)

## Arguments

update

  shall the internal `cachedir` file be deleted and the `STATS` file freshly downloaded from the UniProt FTP servers?

## Author

Hajk-Georg Drost

## Examples

    if (FALSE) {
    # retrieve STATS file from UniProt
    uniprot_info <- getUniProtSTATS(update = TRUE)
    # look at results
    uniprot_info
    }