Ensembl biomaRt Down?

Question

[andrew.j.skelton73]

Hi,

Currently getting the following error:

library(biomaRt)
ensembl    <- useMart("ensembl")
Extra content at the end of the document
Error: 1: Extra content at the end of the document

Any ideas?

Cheers,

[GenoMax]

Based on a previous post biomaRt GRCh37 down? from you that must be the case.
Tagging Emily_Ensembl

Answer 1

[Emily]

We're doing maintenance right now. Should be back in the next few minutes.

[Emily]

Should be back now (I would have posted earlier but I was in a meeting).

[andrew.j.skelton73]

Yep, it's back up, thanks!

[maya.kappil]

Hi,

I'm currently experiencing the same issue. When inputting: ensembl<-useMart(biomart = "ENSEMBL_MART_ENSEMBL", host = "grch37.ensembl.org", path = "/biomart/martservice", dataset = "hsapiens_gene_ensembl")

I receive the following error: Error: 1: Extra content at the end of the document

Wondering if it's an error on my part or if there is ongoing maintenance?

Thanks!

[daniel.dvorkin]

This error seems to be coming up again (August 27th, 2016).

[GenoMax]

See this notice: Ensembl datacentre shut-down: Friday 26th August - Tuesday 30th August 2016

[daniel.dvorkin]

Ah hah, thank you very much!