when the API is already installed and up-to-date, running INSTALL.pl should skip API installation and offer to install cache files/plugins. This logic is implemented in the check_api() function.

I installed VEP using the github installation, prior to running perl INSTALL.pl I installed the necessary packages Archive::Zip, DBD::mysql and DBI using cpanm. Unfortunately, the installation ended ...

However, if you prefer to consume the API directly, we have also created a tutorial with step-by-step instructions. We hope these options, along with our API reference docs make onboarding a breeze ...

Most functionality of the API is provided using the ActiveRecord pattern. The library depends on introspection to make it release independent. The API is available through the Rubygem system and can ...