# opencgaR - R library

## Overview <a href="#r-overview" id="r-overview"></a>

**opencgaR** is an R library that interacts with OpenCGA REST API to execute any operation supported by the web services through R code.

The client offers programmatic access to the implemented REST web services, facilitating the access and analysis of data stored in OpenCGA. From version 2.0.0 data is returned in a new *RestResponse* object which contains metadata and the results. The client also implements some handy methods to return information from this object.

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**opencgaR code** has been implemented by *Marta Bleda.* It's open-source and can be found at <https://github.com/opencb/opencga/tree/develop/opencga-client/src/main/R>. It can be installed easily by downloading the pre-build package. Please, find more details on how to use the R library at [Using the R client](http://docs.opencb.org/display/opencga/Using+the+R+client).
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## Installation <a href="#r-installation" id="r-installation"></a>

### Requisites

* An operating machine with R installed and functional. **opencgaR** requires at least **R version 3.4 (**&#x61;lthough most of the code is fully compatible with earlier versions).&#x20;
* Have the pre-build R package stored in your local machine. Alternatively you can also provide the URL to the pre-build R package file.

  The pre-build R package of **opencgaR** can be downloaded from the OpenCGA v2.0.0 GitHub Release at <https://github.com/opencb/opencga/releases>.

Once requirements have been fulfilled, installing opencgaR becomes as easy as use the `install.packages` function in R. `install.packages` can also install a source package from a remote `.tar.gz` file by providing the URL to such file.

### Installation from the R terminal

```
## Install opencgaR by providing the URL to the package
> install.packages("opencgaR_2.0.0.tar.gz", repos=NULL, type="source")
```


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