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GenomicDataCommons

Bioc current

NIH / NCI Genomic Data Commons Access

v1.36.0 · software · Artistic-2.0

Release Lineage

Entered 3.5 · Apr 25, 2017

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 19 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

Programmatically access the NIH / NCI Genomic Data Commons RESTful service.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

111 50 exported

Complexity

1.6 avg / 8 max

Call network

111 nodes / 104 edges

Test coverage is not measured for Bioconductor packages; nodes fall back to a neutral fill.

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Lowest coverage

Per-function coverage is not measured for this package yet.

Code

Structure

Lines of code

5,079

Files

83

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 2,198 (43.3%)Tests 213 (4.2%)Docs 1,635 (32.2%)Vignettes 1,033 (20.3%)

API

Exported functions

50

Internal functions

58

Recent export changes

v3.7+5 available_rnaseq_workflows, gdc_cache, gdc_clinical +2 more  −2 as.data.frame.GDCResults, rbindlist2
v3.5+42 aggregations, annotations, as.data.frame.GDCResults +39 more

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.10

testthat edition

CI present

Yes

CI type

["github-actions"]

PR gated

Yes

Docs

Roxygen coverage

100%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

0%

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

0%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

4.1.0

System requirements

C++ standard

License

Artistic-2.0

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

19

First release

2017-09-14

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

180 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

12

LOC over versions

v3.5: 4,069 LOCv3.6: 4,069 LOCv3.7: 4,647 LOCv3.8: 4,672 LOCv3.9: 4,777 LOCv3.10: 4,777 LOCv3.11: 4,978 LOCv3.12: 4,978 LOCv3.13: 4,978 LOCv3.14: 5,003 LOCv3.15: 5,199 LOCv3.16: 5,235 LOCv3.17: 5,198 LOCv3.18: 5,201 LOCv3.19: 5,218 LOCv3.20: 5,079 LOCv3.21: 5,077 LOCv3.22: 5,079 LOCv3.23: 5,079 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/bioc-code-metrics.

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 669 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteYesNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
94%
Documented parameters
98%
Return-value docs
100%
References docs
3%

Topics

Depended on by (5)

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("GenomicDataCommons")
Davis, S., Morgan, M., & Ramos, M. (2026). GenomicDataCommons: NIH / NCI Genomic Data Commons Access (Version 1.36.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/GenomicDataCommons

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for GenomicDataCommons version 1.36.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-23. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

From data release v2026-08-23, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later. More on citing and the projects behind them.

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