What problem does it solve?
Access to ENA data via REST APIs and FTP enables researchers to retrieve nucleotide sequences, raw reads, and genome assemblies for genomics pipelines, analysis, and cross-database research without manual data wrangling.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Data types & access: Studies, Samples, Raw Reads, Assemblies, Sequences, Analyses, Taxonomy Records with programmatic access via ENA Portal API, ENA Browser API, ENA Taxonomy REST API, ENA Cross-Reference Service, and CRAM Reference Registry.
- Data formats & retrieval: Metadata in XML/JSON/TSV/CSV; sequence data in FASTQ, BAM/CRAM, FASTA, and EMBL flat-file formats; bulk downloads via FTP or Aspera; command-line tools like enaBrowserTools.
- Common tasks: Retrieve raw reads by accession, search studies or samples by metadata, find assemblies for a taxon, obtain taxonomic lineage, and cross-reference external databases.
Quick Start
Query ENA by accession or study using Portal or Browser APIs and download data via FTP or enaBrowserTools.