This function fetches the source package URL for a given Bioconductor package.
If no version is specified, it retrieves the latest available version.
Usage
get_bioconductor_package_url(
package_name,
package_version = NULL,
release_data
)
Arguments
- package_name
A character string specifying the name of the Bioconductor package.
- package_version
(Optional) A character string specifying the package version. Defaults to `NULL`, which retrieves the latest version.
- release_data
A list containing Bioconductor release information.
Value
A list containing:
- url
The URL of the source package (if available).
- version
The specified or latest available package version.
- last_version
A list with version, date, and Bioconductor version.
- all_versions
A list of all discovered versions with version, date, and Bioconductor version.
- bioconductor_version_package
The Bioconductor version matched to the selected version.
- archived
A logical value indicating whether the package is archived.
Examples
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
release_data <- list(
list(release = "3.17", date = "October 14, 2005"),
list(release = "3.18", date = "October 4, 2006"),
list(release = "3.19", date = "October 8, 2007")
)
get_bioconductor_package_url("GenomicRanges", release_data = release_data)
} # }
