cellxgene_census.download_source_h5ad

cellxgene_census.download_source_h5ad(dataset_id: str, to_path: str, *, census_version: str = 'stable') → None

Download the source H5AD dataset, for the given dataset_id, to the user-specified file name.

Parameters:

• dataset_id – Fetch the source (original) H5AD associated with this dataset_id.

• to_path – The file name where the downloaded H5AD will be written. Must not already exist.

• census_version – The census version name. Defaults to "stable".

Raises:

ValueError – if the path already exists (i.e., will not overwrite an existing file), or is not a file.

Lifecycle

maturing

See also

get_source_h5ad_uri(): Look up the location of the source H5AD.

Examples

>>> download_source_h5ad("8e47ed12-c658-4252-b126-381df8d52a3d", to_path="/tmp/data.h5ad")