How to use the optional step to incorporate chip-seq experiments from ENCODE and other databases?

[RitsukaTing]

Hi,

I am working with C. elegans and trying to figure out how to add the optional step and incorporate chip-seq experiments from the databases such as ENCODE in my analysis. I've seen people access the database through API's, thus bypassing manual downloads, but I'm not quite sure on the correctness/ease of this method. Any advice on how to do this?

Thank you!