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KEGGREST

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Client-side REST access to the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG)

v1.52.2 · software · Artistic-2.0

Release Lineage

Entered 2.12 · Apr 4, 2013

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 27 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

A package that provides a client interface to the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) REST API. Only for academic use by academic users belonging to academic institutions (see <https://www.kegg.jp/kegg/rest/>). Note that KEGGREST is based on KEGGSOAP by J. Zhang, R. Gentleman, and Marc Carlson, and KEGG (python package) by Aurelien Mazurie.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

34 9 exported

Complexity

2.4 avg / 15 max

Call network

34 nodes / 31 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

1,284

Files

20

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 552 (43%)Tests 1 (0.1%)Docs 486 (37.9%)Vignettes 245 (19.1%)

API

Exported functions

9

Internal functions

25

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.00

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Roxygen coverage

100%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

0%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

3.5.0

System requirements

C++ standard

License

Artistic-2.0

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

27

First release

2013-04-24

Latest release

2026-06-16

Avg cadence

178 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

0

LOC over versions

v2.12: 1,163 LOCv2.13: 1,165 LOCv2.14: 1,165 LOCv3.0: 1,165 LOCv3.1: 1,166 LOCv3.2: 1,163 LOCv3.3: 1,163 LOCv3.4: 1,163 LOCv3.5: 1,163 LOCv3.6: 1,161 LOCv3.7: 1,180 LOCv3.8: 1,214 LOCv3.9: 1,214 LOCv3.10: 1,219 LOCv3.11: 1,219 LOCv3.12: 1,260 LOCv3.13: 1,260 LOCv3.14: 1,260 LOCv3.15: 1,260 LOCv3.16: 1,260 LOCv3.17: 1,260 LOCv3.18: 1,298 LOCv3.19: 1,303 LOCv3.20: 1,320 LOCv3.21: 1,319 LOCv3.22: 1,319 LOCv3.23: 1,284 LOC

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

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 47 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 0% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
90%
Return-value docs
100%
References docs
100%

Topics

Depended on by (60)

CRAN (9)

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("KEGGREST")
Maintainer, B. P., Morgan, M., Nishida, K., Ramos, M., Riemer, K., Shepherd, L., Tenenbaum, D., & Volkening, J. (2026). KEGGREST: Client-side REST access to the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) (Version 1.52.2) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/KEGGREST

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 KEGGREST version 1.52.2 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

From data release v2026-08-22, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later. More on citing and the projects behind them.

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