Get FTP Links from CLI-obtained datasets

[mtvector]

Hi there,

Thanks for building this too, I really enjoy using it! Unfortunately some of my collaborators don't trust the CLI and would like to have FTP links for each file downloaded with datasets download genome... I'm wondering if it is possible to get these links (maybe included in dataset_catalog.json), but dehydrate and the normal downloads don't seem to include full ftp links anywhere. Is the only way to get these to build the url string yourself?

Thanks!

[ericcox1]

Hi @mtvector,

Thank you for opening this issue.

Unfortunately some of my collaborators don't trust the CLI and would like to have FTP links

This is valuable feedback. Are you able to share any more details about why they need the FTP links?
We hope that for most users, the CLI makes it easier to download genome sequences by not requiring that users know the FTP paths to find the data that they're looking for. At the same time, we would appreciate any information you might have about how having the links can be helpful.

Best,
Eric