FAQs
Questions and answers for common NCBI Datasets questions
- Why are the NCBI Datasets CLIv13.x and older and API v1 being deprecated and retired?
- What are the benefits of migrating to CLI v16+ and API v2?
- When will API v1 and CLI v13 deprecation and retirement occur?
- Will my existing scripts and workflows using API v1 and CLI v13 continue to work after retirement?
- What will happen to the Python and R libraries with the deprecation and retirement of API v1 and CLI v13?
- How is Datasets command-line tools version 14+ (CLI v14+) different from version 13 (CLI v13.x) and previous versions?
- Why does `--exclude` not work in CLI v14+?
- Which version of the documentation should I use?
- Where is the data I requested?
- I still can't find my data, can you help?
- What file formats can be downloaded using NCBI Datasets?
- What is a data package?
- How do I work with JSON Lines data reports?
- How can I access resources on NCBI Datasets website programmatically?
- Why do gene counts differ when comparing taxonomy and species pages to the gene table?
- What is the difference between a GenBank (GCA) and RefSeq (GCF) genome assembly?