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Biodb, a Library and a Development Framework for Connecting to Chemical and Biological Databases

v1.20.0 · software · AGPL-3

Release Lineage

Entered 3.13 · May 20, 2021

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 11 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

The biodb package provides access to standard remote chemical and biological databases (ChEBI, KEGG, HMDB, ...), as well as to in-house local database files (CSV, SQLite), with easy retrieval of entries, access to web services, search of compounds by mass and/or name, and mass spectra matching for LCMS and MSMS. Its architecture as a development framework facilitates the development of new database connectors for local projects or inside separate published packages.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

106 26 exported

Complexity

3.2 avg / 16 max

Call network

106 nodes / 60 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

26,981

Files

190

Compiled share

1.4%

Has compiled src

Yes

Language breakdown

R 13,139 (48.7%)C/C++/src 387 (1.4%)Tests 1,631 (6%)Docs 10,437 (38.7%)Vignettes 1,387 (5.1%)

API

Exported functions

56

Internal functions

375

Recent export changes

v3.21−29 BiodbBiocPersistentCache, BiodbCustomPersistentCache, BiodbPersistentCache 26 more

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.12

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Roxygen coverage

100%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

0%

Unsafe pattern score

3

Dep constraint coverage

9.5%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

4.1.0

System requirements

C++ standard

License

AGPL-3

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

11

First release

2021-06-09

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

183 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

9

LOC over versions

v3.13: 33,459 LOCv3.14: 37,998 LOCv3.15: 38,119 LOCv3.16: 38,117 LOCv3.17: 38,155 LOCv3.18: 38,155 LOCv3.19: 38,155 LOCv3.20: 38,155 LOCv3.21: 26,981 LOCv3.22: 26,981 LOCv3.23: 26,981 LOC

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

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 1,157 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
100%
Return-value docs
46%
References docs
0%

Topics

Depended on by (10)

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("biodb")
Roger, P., & Delabrière, A. (2026). biodb: Biodb, a Library and a Development Framework for Connecting to Chemical and Biological Databases (Version 1.20.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/biodb

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 biodb version 1.20.0 [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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