dbSNP Batch Query service will be discontinued June 2018: alternatives?

Question

[WouterDeCoster]

I occasionally use and/or recommend dbSNP batch query service to search rs-IDs and get for example the coordinates.

Today I read that the batch query service will be discontinued in June. See also this post. (Has been announced in July apparently but I missed it then).

What are good alternatives, optionally web-based?

Answer 1

[GenoMax]

snp-nexus

Answer 2

[dariober]

My suggestion would be to download the dbSNP vcf file of interest and query it using Unix tools, bcftools etc. But I guess that doesn't work...? What about ensembl/biomart with dataset "Human Short Variants"? You can select as filter "Variant source: dbSNP" and put your IDs in "Filter by Variant name". There is also a biomart package for R.

[WouterDeCoster]

For me personally, those options would all work, but none of those is as convenient as justing putting your rs IDs in the field and getting the results.