- Course overview
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- Overview of key IMPC concepts and tools
- Introduction to the Solr API: accessing IMPC data programmatically
- What is Apache Solr?
- Important definitions: query, field, core, document, parameter
- Quiz 2: get yourself familiar with Solr terminology
- What is the difference between an IMPC parameter and a Solr parameter?
- Using simple Solr syntax in your browser
- Output of the simplest request in your browser
- A Python module to access IMPC data: installation and available functions
- Quiz 3: explain Solr request
- Solr query syntax: simplified explanation
- How to use the solr_request function from the impc-api python package
- How to perform a query: q parameter
- Exercise 1: getting familiar with the core
- How to request a limited number of documents: rows parameter
- Exercise 2: requesting three documents
- How to get specific fields: fl parameter
- Exercise 3: selecting specific fields
- Quiz 4: basic Solr parameters
- Downloading data: getting large results efficiently
- How to download large dataset effectively: pagination
- How to download the data: batch_solr_request function
- What formats are available for downloading: wt parameter
- Exercise 8: download the data
- What is the difference: JSON vs CSV
- What you need to keep in mind: query responsibly
- Quiz 6: request only necessary data
- Advanced Solr query techniques: faceting and iterating over entities
- Understanding IMPC data: resources and assistance
- Your feedback
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Quiz 5: Boolean operators
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