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Cosmic TOKEN

Josip edited this page Mar 31, 2021 · 8 revisions

How to obtain authentication token from Cosmic:

  1. CosmicDB download link: https://cancer.sanger.ac.uk/cosmic/download

  2. Log in 

  3. Download Filtered File - write name of ANY gene (e.g. HER2) 

  4. Find URL for downloaded file (Firefox - open Downloads bar, right click on file -> Copy Download Link)

  5. Copy only TOKEN_NUMBER from link:

https://cancer.sanger.ac.uk/cosmic-download/download/index?table=V92_38_COMPLETEGENEEXPRESSION&genename=BRAF&token=<TOKEN_NUMBER>

  1. Replace TOKEN_NUMBER with this new number in file cosmic_token located in WORKDIR