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lrnassar
  Mon Jul 20 13:58:52 2020 -0700
Adding back a plug to the blog to #download36 refs #25775

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 for downloading source code and binaries can be found 
 <a href="http://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/downloads.html#utilities_downloads">here</a>. The tool can 
 also be used to obtain only features within a given range using one of the hgdownload servers,
 example:</p> 
 <ul>
   <li>
     North American server:
     <pre><code>bigBedToBed http://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/gbdb/path/to/file/bigBedfile.bb -chrom=chr21 -start=0 -end=1000000 stdout </code></pre> 
   </li>
   <li>
     European server:
     <pre><code>bigBedToBed http://hgdownload-euro.soe.ucsc.edu/gbdb/path/to/file/bigBedfile.bb -chrom=chr21 -start=0 -end=1000000 stdout </code></pre> 
   </li>
 </ul>
 <p>
+Read more in <a href="http://genome.ucsc.edu/blog/"> our blog</a> about
+<a href="http://genome.ucsc.edu/blog/?s=programmatic">Accessing the Genome Browser Programmatically</a>
+to acquire data.
+</p>
+<p> 
 <a name="snp"></a>
 <h2>How do I download dbSNP data?</h2>
 <p>
 For versions dbSNP153 and above, the data is formatted in bigBed files. Previous versions are MySQL
 tables. For help with versions before dbSNP153, see <a href="#download29">accessing MySQL data</a>.
 This FAQ entry pertains to versions dbSNP153 and above.</p>
 <p>
 Since dbSNP has grown to include over 700 million variants, the size of the All dbSNP (153+)
 subtrack can cause the
 <a href="/cgi-bin/hgTables" target=_blank>Table Browser</a> and
 <a href="/cgi-bin/hgIntegrator" target=_blank>Data Integrator</a>
 to time out, leading to a blank page or truncated output,
 unless queries are restricted to a chromosomal region or
 to a specific set of rs# IDs (which can be pasted/uploaded into the Table Browser),
 or to one of the subset tracks such as Common or ClinVar.