<p>You can download the full db and and put out anything you want with your favourite scripting language.</p>
<p>To do so, you need to request an account first. Once you log in, scroll down to the bottom of the download options. There are 2 meta-data download options, pick what you need.</p>

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2021-07-11T05:01:46.500Z
You need to request an account first. Once you can login scroll down to the bottom of the download options and there's 2 meta data download options, pick what U need.
Liam McIntyre
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2021-07-11T12:16:04.173Z
Well done, hope U won't mind I added it to your answer.
Kamil S Jaron
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Liam McIntyre
<p>The NCBI link to the metadata database is <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/virus/vssi/#/virus?SeqType_s=Nucleotide&amp;VirusLineage_ss=Severe%20acute%20respiratory%20syndrome%20coronavirus%202%20(SARS-CoV-2),%20taxid:2697049&amp;CollectionDate_dr=1950-01-01T00:00:00Z%20TO%20NOW&amp;CreateDate_dt=1950-01-01T00:00:00Z%20TO%20NOW" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a></p>
<p>If I get a moment I'll talk you through it.</p>

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<p>I need to retrieve COVID-19 metadata (such as date of collection of sequence data, location, etc.) for a batch of 3953 GISAID accessions from the GISAID database.</p>
<p>I am not very comfortable with GISAID. I would prefer an NCBI database solution.</p>
<p>Any help would be appreciated.</p>

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Retrieval of metadata of a batch of 3953 sequence data from GISAID database
# Retrieval of metadata of a batch of 3953 sequence data from GISAID database

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-07-09)

I need to retrieve COVID-19 metadata (such as date of collection of sequence data, location, etc.) for a batch of 3953 GISAID accessions from the GISAID database.

I am not very comfortable with GISAID. I would prefer an NCBI database solution.

Any help would be appreciated.

**Tags:** sequence-analysis, public-databases, phylogenetics, covid-19, sars-cov-2

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-07-10. Score: 1

You can download the full db and and put out anything you want with your favourite scripting language.

To do so, you need to request an account first. Once you log in, scroll down to the bottom of the download options. There are 2 meta-data download options, pick what you need.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You need to request an account first. Once you can login scroll down to the bottom of the download options and there's 2 meta data download options, pick what U need.  
> **username_2**: Well done, hope U won't mind I added it to your answer.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2022-02-25. Score: 0

The NCBI link to the metadata database is [here](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/virus/vssi/#/virus?SeqType_s=Nucleotide&VirusLineage_ss=Severe%20acute%20respiratory%20syndrome%20coronavirus%202%20(SARS-CoV-2),%20taxid:2697049&CollectionDate_dr=1950-01-01T00:00:00Z%20TO%20NOW&CreateDate_dt=1950-01-01T00:00:00Z%20TO%20NOW)

If I get a moment I'll talk you through it.


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