flanky gencode connection

Author: siebrenf

genomepy/providers/gencode.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def __init__(self):
     @staticmethod
     def ping():
         """Can the provider be reached?"""
-        ftp_online = bool(check_url("ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/gencode"))
+        ftp_online = bool(check_url("ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/gencode", 2))
         return ftp_online
 
     def _genome_info_tuple(self, name, size=False):

tests/test_08b_provider_gencode.py

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def test_get_annotation_download_links(gencode):
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(travis and linux, reason="FTP does not work on Travis-Linux")
 def test_download_annotation(gencode):
-    gencode.download_annotation("GRCm39")  # smallest gencode annotation (0.8 GB)
+    gencode.download_annotation("GRCm38")  # smallest gencode annotation (27 MB)
 
 
 def test_get_gencode2ucsc():