Bulk download zip archives for multiple samples from the Dashboard — download_dashboard_images

Downloads zip files for all specified samples in a single batched call to ifcb_download_dashboard_data, leveraging its built-in parallel download support. Samples already cached are skipped. After download, zips are extracted and cleaned up.

Usage

download_dashboard_images_bulk(
  base_url,
  sample_names,
  cache_dir = get_dashboard_cache_dir(),
  parallel_downloads = 5,
  sleep_time = 2,
  multi_timeout = 120,
  max_retries = 3
)

Arguments

base_url: Character. Dashboard base URL.
sample_names: Character vector. Sample names to download.
cache_dir: Character. Cache directory.
parallel_downloads: Integer. Number of parallel downloads.
sleep_time: Numeric. Seconds to sleep between download batches.
multi_timeout: Numeric. Timeout in seconds for multi-file downloads.
max_retries: Integer. Maximum number of retry attempts.

Value

Character vector of sample names that were successfully downloaded or already cached.