First off, I apologize for posting this "old" inquiry. I know similar inquiries were put out before, but I am hoping to find new solutions to this inquiry.

I am trying to find the positions of a list of SNPs (given the rs#). Need a "new" solution.

What I have tried so far -

(a) sending a batch query to dbSNP at NCBI, which worked well in the past, but today ~10 hr after sending the batch query, no return of result yet ( is the server down ??)

(b) downloading all dbSNP positions from Biomart and hoping to do some "intersection" to find the positions for specific rs#. The download somehow was terminated prematurely (first download took ~ 1+ hr).

(c) downloading cruzdb. cruzdb was suggested as a solution in one of the earlier posts. I read the document and still could not run it - my apology ! (does running cruzdb require an understanding of python? which I currently don't possess) Having to say it though, in contrast to cruzdb doc, I had better luck with vcftools and plink thanks to their "more friendly" documents.

Is there any other solutions that allow non-bioinformaticians to find answers to this task (i.e. positions for a list of SNPs)?

I certainly hope to get some useful responses, but It's understandable if the admin chooses to close this thread (due possibly to "duplication of questions"). Thank you
Hi, as suggested by Ashutosh Pandey, you can exploit [UCSC table browser][1]. Select genome and assembly of interest and from **group** menu select *Variation*. From **track** menu select *All SNPs(142)*. Paste or upload your rs ids using buttons at **identifiers (names/accessions)**. To export your results, select *selected fields from primary and related tables* from **output format** then click get output. In the next step you can select fields of interest (*i.e.* input rds, chromosome, genomic position) that will be included in final output table, click *get output* to retrieve it.

 [1]: https://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgTables