If your goal is to download a list of accessions in a .txt format to use with tools like enaBrowserTools or Webin-CLI :
: If you used the ENA Excel template, remove the instructional rows (usually rows 3 and 4) before saving as a .txt or .tsv .
: Use this file with the command-line tool: getENA.py -accfile ena_list.txt 📤 Step 3: Preparing for Submission (Upload) To prepare a text-based metadata file for upload: Download eyna txt
: Large sequence files (Fastq, BAM) must be compressed using gzip before the text manifest references them. 🚀 Recommended Tools Webin-CLI
: List each accession number (e.g., PRJNAXXXXX or ERRXXXXX) on a new line . Save : Save the file as ena_list.txt . If your goal is to download a list of accessions in a
: Ensure you use the exact headers provided by the ENA Checklist . 🛠️ Step 2: Preparing for "Download" (Data Retrieval)
: These are typically .tsv (Tab-Separated Values) files but are often saved with a .txt extension for compatibility. Save : Save the file as ena_list
Best for programmatically downloading large datasets using a .txt list.