LOcalized STructured DAta TAbles

Package for retrieving useful biological datasets. Datasets are cached on a local directory, and served in a structured format, most frequently a pandas DataFrame.

Install

pip3 install lostdata

Configuration

To make use of lostdata, it expects a few directories where datasets can be stored. You either have to create those directories, or redirect the lostdata config file to existing ones.

Create default directories:

mkdir -p ~/LSData/{cache,private}

Create config file ~/.lsd.cfg with custom chosen directories:

[LSD]
cachetime=4w
cachedir=~/LSData/cache/
privatedir=~/LSData/private/