BIOBLEND(1)

BioBlend

BIOBLEND(1)

NAME¶

bioblend - BioBlend Documentation

ABOUT¶

BioBlend is a Python library for interacting with CloudMan and Galaxy's API.

BioBlend is supported and tested on:

Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3 and 3.4
Galaxy release_14.02 and later.

Conceptually, it makes it possible to script and automate the process of cloud infrastructure provisioning and scaling via CloudMan, and running of analyses via Galaxy. In reality, it makes it possible to do things like this:

•: Create a CloudMan compute cluster, via an API and directly from your local machine:

from bioblend.cloudman import CloudManConfig
from bioblend.cloudman import CloudManInstance
cfg = CloudManConfig('<your cloud access key>', '<your cloud secret key>', 'My CloudMan',  'ami-<ID>', 'm1.small', '<password>')
cmi = CloudManInstance.launch_instance(cfg)
cmi.get_status()

•: Reconnect to an existing CloudMan instance and manipulate it:

from bioblend.cloudman import CloudManInstance
cmi = CloudManInstance("<instance IP>", "<password>")
cmi.add_nodes(3)
cluster_status = cmi.get_status()
cmi.remove_nodes(2)

•: Interact with Galaxy via a straightforward API:

from bioblend.galaxy import GalaxyInstance
gi = GalaxyInstance('<Galaxy IP>', key='your API key')
libs = gi.libraries.get_libraries()
gi.workflows.show_workflow('workflow ID')
gi.workflows.run_workflow('workflow ID', input_dataset_map)

•: Interact with Galaxy via an object-oriented API:

from bioblend.galaxy.objects import GalaxyInstance
gi = GalaxyInstance("URL", "API_KEY")
wf = gi.workflows.list()[0]
hist = gi.histories.list()[0]
inputs = hist.get_datasets()[:2]
input_map = dict(zip(wf.input_labels, inputs))
params = {"Paste1": {"delimiter": "U"}}
wf.run(input_map, "wf_output", params=params)

NOTE:

Although this library allows you to blend these two services into a cohesive unit, the library itself can be used with either service irrespective of the other. For example, you can use it to just manipulate CloudMan clusters or to script the interactions with an instance of Galaxy running on your laptop.

INSTALLATION¶

Stable releases of BioBlend are best installed via pip or easy_install from PyPI using something like:

$ pip install bioblend

Alternatively, you may install the most current source code from our Git repository, or fork the project on Github. To install from source, do the following:

# Clone the repository to a local directory
$ git clone https://github.com/galaxyproject/bioblend.git
# Install the library
$ cd bioblend
$ python setup.py install

After installing the library, you will be able to simply import it into your Python environment with import bioblend. For details on the available functionality, see the API documentation.

BioBlend requires a number of Python libraries. These libraries are installed automatically when BioBlend itself is installed, regardless whether it is installed via PyPi or by running python setup.py install command. The current list of required libraries is always available from setup.py in the source code repository.

If you also want to run tests locally, some extra libraries are required. To install them, run:

$ python setup.py test

USAGE¶

To get started using BioBlend, install the library as described above. Once the library becomes available on the given system, it can be developed against. The developed scripts do not need to reside in any particular location on the system.

It is probably best to take a look at the example scripts in docs/examples source directory and browse the API documentation. Beyond that, it's up to your creativity :).

DEVELOPMENT¶

Anyone interested in contributing or tweaking the library is more then welcome to do so. To start, simply fork the Git repository on Github and start playing with it. Then, issue pull requests.

API DOCUMENTATION¶

BioBlend's API focuses around and matches the services it wraps. Thus, there are two top-level sets of APIs, each corresponding to a separate service and a corresponding step in the automation process. Note that each of the service APIs can be used completely independently of one another.

Effort has been made to keep the structure and naming of those API's consistent across the library but because they do bridge different services, some discrepancies may exist. Feel free to point those out and/or provide fixes.

For Galaxy, an alternative object-oriented API is also available. This API provides an explicit modeling of server-side Galaxy instances and their relationships, providing higher-level methods to perform operations such as retrieving all datasets for a given history, etc. Note that, at the moment, the oo API is still incomplete, providing access to a more restricted set of Galaxy modules with respect to the standard one.

CloudMan API¶

API used to manipulate the instantiated infrastructure. For example, scale the size of the compute cluster, get infrastructure status, get service status.

API documentation for interacting with CloudMan¶

CloudManLauncher¶

CloudManInstance¶

Usage documentation¶

This page describes some sample use cases for CloudMan API and provides examples for these API calls. In addition to this page, there are functional examples of complete scripts in docs/examples directory of the BioBlend source code repository.

Setting up custom cloud properties¶

CloudMan supports Amazon, OpenStack, OpenNebula, and Eucalyptus based clouds and BioBlend can be used to programatically manipulate CloudMan on any of those clouds. Once launched, the API calls to CloudMan are the same irrespective of the cloud. In order to launch an instance on a given cloud, cloud properties need to be provided to CloudManLauncher. If cloud properties are not specified, CloudManLauncher will default to Amazon cloud properties.

If we want to use a different cloud provider, we need to specify additional cloud properties when creating an instance of the CloudManLauncher class. For example, if we wanted to create a connection to NeCTAR, Australia's national research cloud, we would use the following properties:

from bioblend.util import Bunch
nectar = Bunch(
    name='NeCTAR',
    cloud_type='openstack',
    bucket_default='cloudman-os',
    region_name='NeCTAR',
    region_endpoint='nova.rc.nectar.org.au',
    ec2_port=8773,
    ec2_conn_path='/services/Cloud',
    cidr_range='115.146.92.0/22',
    is_secure=True,
    s3_host='swift.rc.nectar.org.au',
    s3_port=8888,
    s3_conn_path='/')

NOTE:

These properties are cloud-specific and need to be obtained from a given cloud provider.

Launching a new cluster instance¶

In order to launch a CloudMan cluster on a chosen cloud, we do the following (continuing from the previous example):

from bioblend.cloudman import CloudManConfig
from bioblend.cloudman import CloudManInstance
cmc = CloudManConfig('<your AWS access key', 'your AWS secret key', 'Cluster name',
     'ami-<ID>', 'm1.medium', 'choose_a_password_here', nectar)
cmi = CloudManInstance.launch_instance(cmc)

NOTE:

If you already have an existing instance of CloudMan, just create an instance of the CloudManInstance object directly by calling its constructor and connecting to it (the password you provide must match the password you provided as part of user data when launching this instance). For example:

cmi = CloudManInstance('http://115.146.92.174', 'your_UD_password')

We now have a CloudManInstance object that allows us to manage created CloudMan instance via the API. Once launched, it will take a few minutes for the instance to boot and CloudMan start. To check on the status of the machine, (repeatedly) run the following command:

>>> cmi.get_machine_status()
{'error': '',
 'instance_state': u'pending',
 'placement': '',
 'public_ip': ''}
>>> cmi.get_machine_status()
{'error': '',
 'instance_state': u'running',
 'placement': u'melbourne-qh2',
 'public_ip': u'115.146.86.29'}

Once the instance is ready, although it may still take a few moments for CloudMan to start, it is possible to start interacting with the application.

NOTE:

The CloudManInstance object (e.g., cmi) is a local representation of the actual CloudMan instance. As a result, the local object can get out of sync with the remote instance. To update the state of the local object, call the update method on the cmi object:

>>> cmi.update()

Manipulating an existing cluster¶

Having a reference to a CloudManInstance object, we can manage it via the available cloudman-instance-api API:

>>> cmi.initialized
False
>>> cmi.initialize('SGE')
>>> cmi.get_status()
{u'all_fs': [],
 u'app_status': u'yellow',
 u'autoscaling': {u'as_max': u'N/A',
 u'as_min': u'N/A',
 u'use_autoscaling': False},
 u'cluster_status': u'STARTING',
 u'data_status': u'green',
 u'disk_usage': {u'pct': u'0%', u'total': u'0', u'used': u'0'},
 u'dns': u'#',
 u'instance_status': {u'available': u'0', u'idle': u'0', u'requested': u'0'},
 u'snapshot': {u'progress': u'None', u'status': u'None'}}
>>> cmi.get_cluster_size()
1
>>> cmi.get_nodes()
[{u'id': u'i-00006016',
  u'instance_type': u'm1.medium',
  u'ld': u'0.0 0.025 0.065',
  u'public_ip': u'115.146.86.29',
  u'time_in_state': u'2268'}]
>>> cmi.add_nodes(2)
{u'all_fs': [],
 u'app_status': u'green',
 u'autoscaling': {u'as_max': u'N/A',
  u'as_min': u'N/A',
  u'use_autoscaling': False},
 u'cluster_status': u'READY',
 u'data_status': u'green',
 u'disk_usage': {u'pct': u'0%', u'total': u'0', u'used': u'0'},
 u'dns': u'#',
 u'instance_status': {u'available': u'0', u'idle': u'0', u'requested': u'2'},
 u'snapshot': {u'progress': u'None', u'status': u'None'}}
>>> cmi.get_cluster_size()
3

Galaxy API¶

API used to manipulate genomic analyses within Galaxy, including data management and workflow execution.

API documentation for interacting with Galaxy¶

GalaxyInstance¶

class bioblend.galaxy.GalaxyInstance(url, key=None, email=None, password=None): A base representation of an instance of Galaxy, identified by a URL and a user's API key.
After you have created an GalaxyInstance object, access various modules via the class fields (see the source for the most up-to-date list): libraries, histories, workflows, datasets, and users are the minimum set supported. For example, to work with histories, and get a list of all the user's histories, the following should be done:

from bioblend import galaxy
gi = galaxy.GalaxyInstance(url='http://127.0.0.1:8000', key='your_api_key')
hl = gi.histories.get_histories()

Parameters

url (str) -- A FQDN or IP for a given instance of Galaxy. For example: http://127.0.0.1:8080
key (str) -- User's API key for the given instance of Galaxy, obtained from the user preferences. If a key is not supplied, an email address and password must be and key will automatically be created for the user.
email (str) -- Galaxy e-mail address corresponding to the user. Ignored if key is supplied directly.
password (str) -- Password of Galaxy account corresponding to the above e-mail address. Ignored if key is supplied directly.

__init__(url, key=None, email=None, password=None): A base representation of an instance of Galaxy, identified by a URL and a user's API key.
After you have created an GalaxyInstance object, access various modules via the class fields (see the source for the most up-to-date list): libraries, histories, workflows, datasets, and users are the minimum set supported. For example, to work with histories, and get a list of all the user's histories, the following should be done:

from bioblend import galaxy
gi = galaxy.GalaxyInstance(url='http://127.0.0.1:8000', key='your_api_key')
hl = gi.histories.get_histories()

Parameters

url (str) -- A FQDN or IP for a given instance of Galaxy. For example: http://127.0.0.1:8080
key (str) -- User's API key for the given instance of Galaxy, obtained from the user preferences. If a key is not supplied, an email address and password must be and key will automatically be created for the user.
email (str) -- Galaxy e-mail address corresponding to the user. Ignored if key is supplied directly.
password (str) -- Password of Galaxy account corresponding to the above e-mail address. Ignored if key is supplied directly.

get_retry_delay

max_get_attempts

----

Config¶

Contains possible interaction dealing with Galaxy configuration.

class bioblend.galaxy.config.ConfigClient(galaxy_instance)

get_config(): Get a list of attributes about the Galaxy instance. More attributes will be present if the user is an admin.

Return type: list
Returns: A list of attributes. For example:

{u'allow_library_path_paste': False,
 u'allow_user_creation': True,
 u'allow_user_dataset_purge': True,
 u'allow_user_deletion': False,
 u'enable_unique_workflow_defaults': False,
 u'ftp_upload_dir': u'/SOMEWHERE/galaxy/ftp_dir',
 u'ftp_upload_site': u'galaxy.com',
 u'library_import_dir': u'None',
 u'logo_url': None,
 u'support_url': u'http://wiki.g2.bx.psu.edu/Support',
 u'terms_url': None,
 u'user_library_import_dir': None,
 u'wiki_url': u'http://g2.trac.bx.psu.edu/'}

----

Datasets¶

Contains possible interactions with the Galaxy Datasets

class bioblend.galaxy.datasets.DatasetClient(galaxy_instance)

download_dataset(dataset_id, file_path=None, use_default_filename=True, wait_for_completion=False, maxwait=12000): Downloads the dataset identified by 'id'.

Parameters

dataset_id (str) -- Encoded dataset ID
file_path (str) -- If the file_path argument is provided, the dataset will be streamed to disk at that path (Should not contain filename if use_default_name=True). If the file_path argument is not provided, the dataset content is loaded into memory and returned by the method (Memory consumption may be heavy as the entire file will be in memory).
use_default_filename (bool) -- If the use_default_name parameter is True, the exported file will be saved as file_path/%s, where %s is the dataset name. If use_default_name is False, file_path is assumed to contain the full file path including filename.
wait_for_completion (bool) -- If wait_for_completion is True, this call will block until the dataset is ready. If the dataset state becomes invalid, a DatasetStateException will be thrown.
maxwait (float) -- Time (in seconds) to wait for dataset to complete. If the dataset state is not complete within this time, a DatasetTimeoutException will be thrown.

Return type: dict
Returns: If a file_path argument is not provided, returns a dict containing the file_content. Otherwise returns nothing.

show_dataset(dataset_id, deleted=False, hda_ldda='hda'): Display information about and/or content of a dataset. This can be a history or a library dataset.

Parameters

dataset_id (str) -- Encoded dataset ID
deleted (bool) -- Whether to return results for a deleted dataset
hda_ldda (str) -- Whether to show a history dataset ('hda' - the default) or library dataset ('ldda').

show_stderr(dataset_id): Display stderr output of a dataset.

Parameters: dataset_id (str) -- Encoded dataset ID

show_stdout(dataset_id): Display stdout output of a dataset.

Parameters: dataset_id (str) -- Encoded dataset ID

exception bioblend.galaxy.datasets.DatasetStateException(value)

exception bioblend.galaxy.datasets.DatasetTimeoutException(value)

----

Datatypes¶

Contains possible interactions with the Galaxy Datatype

class bioblend.galaxy.datatypes.DatatypesClient(galaxy_instance)

get_datatypes(extension_only=False, upload_only=False): Get the list of all installed datatypes.

Return type: list
Returns: A list of datatype names. For example:

[u'snpmatrix',
 u'snptest',
 u'tabular',
 u'taxonomy',
 u'twobit',
 u'txt',
 u'vcf',
 u'wig',
 u'xgmml',
 u'xml']

get_sniffers(): Get the list of all installed sniffers.

Return type: list
Returns: A list of sniffer names. For example:

[u'galaxy.datatypes.tabular:Vcf',
 u'galaxy.datatypes.binary:TwoBit',
 u'galaxy.datatypes.binary:Bam',
 u'galaxy.datatypes.binary:Sff',
 u'galaxy.datatypes.xml:Phyloxml',
 u'galaxy.datatypes.xml:GenericXml',
 u'galaxy.datatypes.sequence:Maf',
 u'galaxy.datatypes.sequence:Lav',
 u'galaxy.datatypes.sequence:csFasta']

----

Folders¶

Contains possible interactions with the Galaxy library folders

class bioblend.galaxy.folders.FoldersClient(galaxy_instance)

delete_folder(folder_id, undelete=False): Marks the folder with the given id as deleted (or removes the deleted mark if the undelete param is True).

Parameters

folder_id (str) -- the folder's encoded id, prefixed by 'F'
undelete (bool) -- If set to True, the folder will be undeleted (i.e. the deleted mark will be removed)

Returns: detailed folder information
Return type: dict

show_folder(folder_id): Display information about a folder.

Parameters: folder_id (str) -- the folder's encoded id, prefixed by 'F'
Return type: dict
Returns: dictionary including details of the folder

----

Forms¶

Contains possible interactions with the Galaxy Forms

class bioblend.galaxy.forms.FormsClient(galaxy_instance)

create_form(form_xml_text): Create a new form.

Parameters: form_xml_text (str) -- Form xml to create a form on galaxy instance
Return type: str
Returns: Unique url of newly created form with encoded id

get_forms(): Get the list of all forms.

Return type: list
Returns: Displays a collection (list) of forms. For example:

[{u'id': u'f2db41e1fa331b3e',
  u'model_class': u'FormDefinition',
  u'name': u'First form',
  u'url': u'/api/forms/f2db41e1fa331b3e'},
 {u'id': u'ebfb8f50c6abde6d',
  u'model_class': u'FormDefinition',
  u'name': u'second form',
  u'url': u'/api/forms/ebfb8f50c6abde6d'}]

show_form(form_id): Get details of a given form.

Parameters: form_id (str) -- Encoded form ID
Return type: dict
Returns: A description of the given form. For example:

{u'desc': u'here it is ',
 u'fields': [],
 u'form_definition_current_id': u'f2db41e1fa331b3e',
 u'id': u'f2db41e1fa331b3e',
 u'layout': [],
 u'model_class': u'FormDefinition',
 u'name': u'First form',
 u'url': u'/api/forms/f2db41e1fa331b3e'}

----

FTP files¶

Contains possible interactions with the Galaxy FTP Files

class bioblend.galaxy.ftpfiles.FTPFilesClient(galaxy_instance)

get_ftp_files(deleted=False): Get a list of local files.

Return type: list
Returns: A list of dicts with details on individual files on FTP

----

Genomes¶

Contains possible interactions with the Galaxy Histories

class bioblend.galaxy.genomes.GenomeClient(galaxy_instance)

get_genomes(): Returns a list of installed genomes

install_genome(func='download', source=None, dbkey=None, ncbi_name=None, ensembl_dbkey=None, url_dbkey=None, indexers=None): Download and/or index a genome.

Parameters

dbkey (str) -- DB key of the build to download, ignored unless 'UCSC' is specified as the source
ncbi_name (str) -- NCBI's genome identifier, ignored unless NCBI is specified as the source
ensembl_dbkey (str) -- Ensembl's genome identifier, ignored unless Ensembl is specified as the source
url_dbkey (str) -- DB key to use for this build, ignored unless URL is specified as the source
source (str) -- Data source for this build. Can be: UCSC, Ensembl, NCBI, URL
indexers (list) -- POST array of indexers to run after downloading (indexers[] = first, indexers[] = second, ...)
func (str) -- Allowed values: 'download', Download and index; 'index', Index only

Return type: dict
Returns: dict( status: 'ok', job: <job ID> ) If error: dict( status: 'error', error: <error message> )

show_genome(id, num=None, chrom=None, low=None, high=None): Returns information about build <id>

Parameters

id (str) -- Genome build ID to use
num (str) -- num
chrom (str) -- chrom
low (str) -- low
high (str) -- high

Groups¶

Contains possible interactions with the Galaxy Groups

class bioblend.galaxy.groups.GroupsClient(galaxy_instance)

add_group_role(group_id, role_id): Add a role to the given group.

Parameters

group_id (str) -- Encoded group ID
role_id (str) -- Encoded role ID to add to the group

Return type: dict
Returns: Added group role's info

add_group_user(group_id, user_id): Add a user to the given group.

Parameters

group_id (str) -- Encoded group ID
user_id (str) -- Encoded user ID to add to the group

Return type: dict
Returns: Added group user's info

create_group(group_name, user_ids=[], role_ids=[]): Create a new group.

Parameters

group_name (str) -- A name for the new group
user_ids (list) -- A list of encoded user IDs to add to the new group
role_ids (list) -- A list of encoded role IDs to add to the new group

Return type: list
Returns: A (size 1) list with newly created group details, like:

[{u'id': u'7c9636938c3e83bf',
  u'model_class': u'Group',
  u'name': u'My Group Name',
  u'url': u'/api/groups/7c9636938c3e83bf'}]

delete_group_role(group_id, role_id): Remove a role from the given group.

Parameters

group_id (str) -- Encoded group ID
role_id (str) -- Encoded role ID to remove from the group

delete_group_user(group_id, user_id): Remove a user from the given group.

Parameters

group_id (str) -- Encoded group ID
user_id (str) -- Encoded user ID to remove from the group

get_group_roles(group_id): Get the list of roles associated to the given group.

Parameters: group_id (str) -- Encoded group ID
Return type: list of dicts
Returns: List of group roles' info

get_group_users(group_id): Get the list of users associated to the given group.

Parameters: group_id (str) -- Encoded group ID
Return type: list of dicts
Returns: List of group users' info

get_groups(): Get all (not deleted) groups.

Return type: list
Returns: A list of dicts with details on individual groups. For example:

[ {"name": "Listeria", "url": "/api/groups/33abac023ff186c2",
"model_class": "Group", "id": "33abac023ff186c2"},
{"name": "LPN", "url": "/api/groups/73187219cd372cf8",
"model_class": "Group", "id": "73187219cd372cf8"}
]

show_group(group_id): Get details of a given group.

Parameters: group_id (str) -- Encoded group ID
Return type: dict
Returns: A description of group For example:

{"roles_url": "/api/groups/33abac023ff186c2/roles",
"name": "Listeria", "url": "/api/groups/33abac023ff186c2",
"users_url": "/api/groups/33abac023ff186c2/users",
"model_class": "Group", "id": "33abac023ff186c2"}

update_group(group_id, group_name=None, user_ids=[], role_ids=[]): Update a group.

Parameters

group_id (str) -- Encoded group ID
group_name (str) -- A new name for the group. If None, the group name is not changed.
user_ids (list) -- New list of encoded user IDs for the group. It will substitute the previous list of users (with [] if not specified)
role_ids (list) -- New list of encoded role IDs for the group. It will substitute the previous list of roles (with [] if not specified)

Return type: int
Returns: status code

----

Histories¶

Contains possible interactions with the Galaxy Histories

class bioblend.galaxy.histories.HistoryClient(galaxy_instance)

create_dataset_collection(history_id, collection_description): Create a new dataset collection

Parameters

history_id (str) -- Encoded history ID
collection_description (str) -- a description of the dataset collection

create_history(name=None): Create a new history, optionally setting the name.

Parameters: name (str) -- Optional name for new history
Return type: dict
Returns: Dictionary containing information about newly created history

create_history_tag(history_id, tag): Create history tag

Parameters

history_id (str) -- Encoded history ID
tag (str) -- Add tag to history

Return type: dict
Returns: A dictionary with information regarding the tag. For example:

{'model_class':'HistoryTagAssociation', 'user_tname': 'NGS_PE_RUN', 'id': 'f792763bee8d277a', 'user_value': None}

delete_dataset(history_id, dataset_id): Mark corresponding dataset as deleted.

Parameters

history_id (str) -- Encoded history ID
dataset_id (str) -- Encoded dataset ID

delete_dataset_collection(history_id, dataset_collection_id): Mark corresponding dataset collection as deleted.

Parameters

history_id (str) -- Encoded history ID
dataset_collection_id (str) -- Encoded dataset collection ID

delete_history(history_id, purge=False): Delete a history.

Parameters

history_id (str) -- Encoded history ID
purge (bool) -- if True, also purge (permanently delete) the history

NOTE:

For the purge option to work, the Galaxy instance must have the allow_user_dataset_purge option set to True in the config/galaxy.ini configuration file.

download_dataset(history_id, dataset_id, file_path, use_default_filename=True): Download a dataset_id from history with history_id to a file on the local file system, saving it to file_path.
Refer to bioblend.galaxy.dataset.DatasetClient.download_dataset() for the other available parameters.

download_history(history_id, jeha_id, outf, chunk_size=4096): Download a history export archive. Use export_history() to create an export.

Parameters

history_id (str) -- history ID
jeha_id (str) -- jeha ID (this should be obtained via export_history())
outf (file) -- output file object, open for writing in binary mode
chunk_size (int) -- how many bytes at a time should be read into memory

export_history(history_id, gzip=True, include_hidden=False, include_deleted=False, wait=False): Start a job to create an export archive for the given history.

Parameters

history_id (str) -- history ID
gzip (bool) -- create .tar.gz archive if True, else .tar
include_hidden (bool) -- whether to include hidden datasets in the export
include_deleted (bool) -- whether to include deleted datasets in the export
wait (bool) -- if True, block until the export is ready; else, return immediately

Return type: str
Returns: jeha_id of the export, or empty if wait is False and the export is not ready.

get_current_history(): Deprecated method.
Just an alias for get_most_recently_used_history().

get_histories(history_id=None, name=None, deleted=False): Get all histories or filter the specific one(s) via the provided name or history_id. Provide only one argument, name or history_id, but not both.
If deleted is set to True, return histories that have been deleted.

Parameters

history_id (str) -- Encoded history ID to filter on
name (str) -- Name of history to filter on

Return type: list
Returns: Return a list of history element dicts. If more than one history matches the given name, return the list of all the histories with the given name

get_most_recently_used_history(): Returns the current user's most recently used history (not deleted).

get_status(history_id): Returns the state of this history

Parameters: history_id (str) -- Encoded history ID
Return type: dict
Returns: A dict documenting the current state of the history. Has the following keys: 'state' = This is the current state of the history, such as ok, error, new etc. 'state_details' = Contains individual statistics for various dataset states. 'percent_complete' = The overall number of datasets processed to completion.

show_dataset(history_id, dataset_id): Get details about a given history dataset.

Parameters

history_id (str) -- Encoded history ID
dataset_id (str) -- Encoded dataset ID

show_dataset_collection(history_id, dataset_collection_id): Get details about a given history dataset collection.

Parameters

history_id (str) -- Encoded history ID
dataset_collection_id (str) -- Encoded dataset collection ID

show_dataset_provenance(history_id, dataset_id, follow=False): Get details related to how dataset was created (id, job_id, tool_id, stdout, stderr, parameters, inputs, etc...).

Parameters

history_id (str) -- Encoded history ID
dataset_id (str) -- Encoded dataset ID
follow (bool) -- If follow is True, recursively fetch dataset provenance information for all inputs and their inputs, etc...

show_history(history_id, contents=False, deleted=None, visible=None, details=None, types=None): Get details of a given history. By default, just get the history meta information.

Parameters

history_id (str) -- Encoded history ID to filter on
contents (bool) -- When True, the complete list of datasets in the given history.
deleted (str) -- Used when contents=True, includes deleted datasets in history dataset list
visible (str) -- Used when contents=True, includes only visible datasets in history dataset list
details (str) -- Used when contents=True, includes dataset details. Set to 'all' for the most information
types (str) --
???

Return type: dict
Returns: details of the given history

show_matching_datasets(history_id, name_filter=None): Get dataset details for matching datasets within a history.

Parameters

history_id (str) -- Encoded history ID
name_filter (str) -- Only datasets whose name matches the name_filter regular expression will be returned; use plain strings for exact matches and None to match all datasets in the history

undelete_history(history_id): Undelete a history

Parameters: history_id (str) -- Encoded history ID

update_dataset(history_id, dataset_id, **kwds): Update history dataset metadata. Some of the attributes that can be modified are documented below.

Parameters

history_id (str) -- Encoded history ID
dataset_id (str) -- Id of the dataset
name (str) -- Replace history dataset name with the given string
annotation (str) -- Replace history dataset annotation with given string
deleted (bool) -- Mark or unmark history dataset as deleted
visible (bool) -- Mark or unmark history dataset as visible

Return type: int
Returns: status code

update_dataset_collection(history_id, dataset_collection_id, **kwds): Update history dataset collection metadata. Some of the attributes that can be modified are documented below.

Parameters

history_id (str) -- Encoded history ID
dataset_collection_id (str) -- Encoded dataset_collection ID
name (str) -- Replace history dataset collection name with the given string
deleted (bool) -- Mark or unmark history dataset collection as deleted
visible (bool) -- Mark or unmark history dataset collection as visible

Return type: int
Returns: status code

update_history(history_id, name=None, annotation=None, **kwds): Update history metadata information. Some of the attributes that can be modified are documented below.

Parameters

history_id (str) -- Encoded history ID
name (str) -- Replace history name with the given string
annotation (str) -- Replace history annotation with given string
deleted (bool) -- Mark or unmark history as deleted
published (bool) -- Mark or unmark history as published
importable (bool) -- Mark or unmark history as importable
tags (list) -- Replace history tags with the given list

Return type: int
Returns: status code

upload_dataset_from_library(history_id, lib_dataset_id): Upload a dataset into the history from a library. Requires the library dataset ID, which can be obtained from the library contents.

Parameters

history_id (str) -- Encoded history ID
lib_dataset_id (str) -- Encoded library dataset ID

----

Jobs¶

Contains possible interactions with the Galaxy Jobs

class bioblend.galaxy.jobs.JobsClient(galaxy_instance)

get_jobs(): Get the list of jobs of the current user.

Return type: list
Returns: list of dictionaries containing summary job information. For example:

[{u'create_time': u'2014-03-01T16:16:48.640550',
  u'exit_code': 0,
  u'id': u'ebfb8f50c6abde6d',
  u'model_class': u'Job',
  u'state': u'ok',
  u'tool_id': u'fasta2tab',
  u'update_time': u'2014-03-01T16:16:50.657399'},
 {u'create_time': u'2014-03-01T16:05:34.851246',
  u'exit_code': 0,
  u'id': u'1cd8e2f6b131e891',
  u'model_class': u'Job',
  u'state': u'ok',
  u'tool_id': u'upload1',
  u'update_time': u'2014-03-01T16:05:39.558458'}]

get_state(job_id): Display the current state for a given job of the current user.

Parameters: job_id (str) -- job ID
Return type: str
Returns: state of the given job among the following values: new, queued, running, waiting, ok. If the state cannot be retrieved, an empty string is returned.

New in version 0.5.3.

search_jobs(job_info): Return jobs for the current user based payload content.

Parameters: job_info (dict) -- dictionary containing description of the requested job. This is in the same format as a request to POST /api/tools would take to initiate a job
Return type: list
Returns: list of dictionaries containing summary job information of the jobs that match the requested job run

This method is designed to scan the list of previously run jobs and find records of jobs that had the exact some input parameters and datasets. This can be used to minimize the amount of repeated work, and simply recycle the old results.

show_job(job_id, full_details=False): Get details of a given job of the current user.

Parameters

job_id (str) -- job ID
full_details (bool) -- when True, the complete list of details for the given job.

Return type: dict
Returns: A description of the given job. For example:

{u'create_time': u'2014-03-01T16:17:29.828624',
 u'exit_code': 0,
 u'id': u'a799d38679e985db',
 u'inputs': {u'input': {u'id': u'ebfb8f50c6abde6d',
   u'src': u'hda'}},
 u'model_class': u'Job',
 u'outputs': {u'output': {u'id': u'a799d38679e985db',
   u'src': u'hda'}},
 u'params': {u'chromInfo': u'"/opt/galaxy-central/tool-data/shared/ucsc/chrom/?.len"',
   u'dbkey': u'"?"',
   u'seq_col': u'"2"',
   u'title_col': u'["1"]'},
 u'state': u'ok',
 u'tool_id': u'tab2fasta',
 u'update_time': u'2014-03-01T16:17:31.930728'}

----

Libraries¶

Contains possible interactions with the Galaxy Data Libraries

class bioblend.galaxy.libraries.LibraryClient(galaxy_instance)

copy_from_dataset(library_id, dataset_id, folder_id=None, message=''): Copy a Galaxy dataset into a library.

Parameters

library_id (str) -- id of the library where to place the uploaded file
dataset_id (str) -- id of the dataset to copy from
folder_id (str) -- id of the folder where to place the uploaded files. If not provided, the root folder will be used
message (str) -- message for copying action

create_folder(library_id, folder_name, description=None, base_folder_id=None): Create a folder in a library.

Parameters

library_id (str) -- library id to use
folder_name (str) -- name of the new folder in the data library
description (str) -- description of the new folder in the data library
base_folder_id (str) -- id of the folder where to create the new folder. If not provided, the root folder will be used

create_library(name, description=None, synopsis=None): Create a data library with the properties defined in the arguments. Return a list of JSON dicts, looking like so:

:type name: str
:param name: Name of the new data library

Parameters

description (str) -- Optional data library description
synopsis (str) -- Optional data library synopsis

Return type: dict
Returns: details of the created library:

{"id": f740ab636b360a70 ,: "name": "Library from bioblend", "url": "/api/libraries/f740ab636b360a70"}

delete_library(library_id): Delete a data library.

Parameters: library_id (str) -- Encoded data library ID identifying the library to be deleted

WARNING:

Deleting a data library is irreversible - all of the data from the library will be permanently deleted.

delete_library_dataset(library_id, dataset_id, purged=False): Delete a library dataset in a data library.

Parameters

library_id (str) -- library id where dataset is found in
dataset_id (str) -- id of the dataset to be deleted
purged (bool) -- Indicate that the dataset should be purged (permanently deleted)

Return type: dict
Returns: A dictionary containing the dataset id and whether the dataset has been deleted For example:

{u'deleted': True, u'id': u'60e680a037f41974'}

get_folders(library_id, folder_id=None, name=None): Get all the folders or filter specific one(s) via the provided name or folder_id in data library with id library_id. Provide only one argument: name or folder_id, but not both.

Parameters

folder_id (str) -- filter for folder by folder id
name (str) -- filter for folder by name. For name specify the full path of the folder starting from the library's root folder, e.g. /subfolder/subsubfolder.

Return type: list
Returns: list of dicts each containing basic information about a folder.

get_libraries(library_id=None, name=None, deleted=False): Get all the libraries or filter for specific one(s) via the provided name or ID. Provide only one argument: name or library_id, but not both.

Parameters

library_id (str) -- filter for library by library id
name (str) -- If name is set and multiple names match the given name, all the libraries matching the argument will be returned.
deleted (bool) -- If set to True, return libraries that have been deleted.

Return type: list
Returns: list of dicts each containing basic information about a library.

get_library_permissions(library_id): Get the permessions for a library.

Parameters: library_id (str) -- id of the library
Return type: dict
Returns: dictionary with all applicable permissions' values

set_library_permissions(library_id, access_in=None, modify_in=None, add_in=None, manage_in=None): Set the permissions for a library. Note: it will override all security for this library even if you leave out a permission type.

Parameters

library_id (str) -- id of the library
access_in (list) -- list of role ids
modify_in (list) -- list of role ids
add_in (list) -- list of role ids
manage_in (list) -- list of role ids

show_dataset(library_id, dataset_id): Get details about a given library dataset. The required library_id can be obtained from the datasets's library content details.

Parameters

library_id (str) -- library id where dataset is found in
dataset_id (str) -- id of the dataset to be inspected

Return type: dict
Returns: A dictionary containing information about the dataset in the library

show_folder(library_id, folder_id): Get details about a given folder. The required folder_id can be obtained from the folder's library content details.

Parameters

library_id (str) -- library id to inspect folders in
folder_id (str) -- id of the folder to be inspected

show_library(library_id, contents=False): Get information about a library.

Parameters

library_id (str) -- filter for library by library id
contents (bool) -- True if want to get contents of the library (rather than just the library details).

Return type: dict
Returns: details of the given library

upload_file_contents(library_id, pasted_content, folder_id=None, file_type='auto', dbkey='?'): Upload pasted_content to a data library as a new file.

Parameters

library_id (str) -- id of the library where to place the uploaded file
pasted_content (str) -- Content to upload into the library
folder_id (str) -- id of the folder where to place the uploaded file. If not provided, the root folder will be used
file_type (str) -- Galaxy file format name
dbkey (str) -- Dbkey

upload_file_from_local_path(library_id, file_local_path, folder_id=None, file_type='auto', dbkey='?'): Read local file contents from file_local_path and upload data to a library.

Parameters

library_id (str) -- id of the library where to place the uploaded file
file_local_path (str) -- path of local file to upload
folder_id (str) -- id of the folder where to place the uploaded file. If not provided, the root folder will be used
file_type (str) -- Galaxy file format name
dbkey (str) -- Dbkey

upload_file_from_server(library_id, server_dir, folder_id=None, file_type='auto', dbkey='?', link_data_only=None, roles=''): Upload all files in the specified subdirectory of the Galaxy library import directory to a library.
NOTE:

For this method to work, the Galaxy instance must have the library_import_dir option configured in the config/galaxy.ini configuration file.

Parameters

library_id (str) -- id of the library where to place the uploaded file
server_dir (str) -- relative path of the subdirectory of library_import_dir to upload. All and only the files (i.e. no subdirectories) contained in the specified directory will be uploaded.
folder_id (str) -- id of the folder where to place the uploaded files. If not provided, the root folder will be used
file_type (str) -- Galaxy file format name
dbkey (str) -- Dbkey
link_data_only (str) -- either 'copy_files' (default) or 'link_to_files'. Setting to 'link_to_files' symlinks instead of copying the files
roles (str) --
???

upload_file_from_url(library_id, file_url, folder_id=None, file_type='auto', dbkey='?'): Upload a file to a library from a URL.

Parameters

library_id (str) -- id of the library where to place the uploaded file
file_url (str) -- URL of the file to upload
folder_id (str) -- id of the folder where to place the uploaded file. If not provided, the root folder will be used
file_type (str) -- Galaxy file format name
dbkey (str) -- Dbkey

upload_from_galaxy_filesystem(library_id, filesystem_paths, folder_id=None, file_type='auto', dbkey='?', link_data_only=None, roles=''): Upload a set of files already present on the filesystem of the Galaxy server to a library.
NOTE:

For this method to work, the Galaxy instance must have the allow_library_path_paste option set to True in the config/galaxy.ini configuration file.

Parameters

library_id (str) -- id of the library where to place the uploaded file
filesystem_paths (str) -- file paths on the Galaxy server to upload to the library, one file per line
folder_id (str) -- id of the folder where to place the uploaded files. If not provided, the root folder will be used
file_type (str) -- Galaxy file format name
dbkey (str) -- Dbkey
link_data_only (str) -- either 'copy_files' (default) or 'link_to_files'. Setting to 'link_to_files' symlinks instead of copying the files
roles (str) --
???

----

Quotas¶

Contains possible interactions with the Galaxy Quota

class bioblend.galaxy.quotas.QuotaClient(galaxy_instance)

get_quotas(deleted=False): Get a list of quotas

Parameters: deleted (bool) -- Only return quota(s) that have been deleted
Return type: list
Returns: A list of dicts with details on individual quotas. For example:

[{   u'id': u'0604c8a56abe9a50',
u'model_class': u'Quota',
u'name': u'test ',
u'url': u'/api/quotas/0604c8a56abe9a50'},
{   u'id': u'1ee267091d0190af',
u'model_class': u'Quota',
u'name': u'workshop',
u'url': u'/api/quotas/1ee267091d0190af'}]

show_quota(quota_id, deleted=False): Display information on a quota

Parameters

quota_id (str) -- Encoded quota ID
deleted (bool) -- Search for quota in list of ones already marked as deleted

Return type: dict
Returns: A description of quota For example:

{   u'bytes': 107374182400,
u'default': [],
u'description': u'just testing',
u'display_amount': u'100.0 GB',
u'groups': [],
u'id': u'0604c8a56abe9a50',
u'model_class': u'Quota',
u'name': u'test ',
u'operation': u'=',
u'users': []}

----

Roles¶

Contains possible interactions with the Galaxy Roles

class bioblend.galaxy.roles.RolesClient(galaxy_instance)

get_roles(): Displays a collection (list) of roles.

Return type: list
Returns: A list of dicts with details on individual roles. For example:

[ {"id": "f2db41e1fa331b3e",
"model_class": "Role",
"name": "Foo",
"url": "/api/roles/f2db41e1fa331b3e"},
{"id": "f597429621d6eb2b",
"model_class": "Role",
"name": "Bar",
"url": "/api/roles/f597429621d6eb2b"}
]

show_role(role_id): Display information on a single role

Parameters: role_id (str) -- Encoded role ID
Return type: dict
Returns: A description of role For example:

{"description": "Private Role for Foo",
"id": "f2db41e1fa331b3e",
"model_class": "Role",
"name": "Foo",
"type": "private",
"url": "/api/roles/f2db41e1fa331b3e"}

----

Tools¶

Contains possible interaction dealing with Galaxy tools.

class bioblend.galaxy.tools.ToolClient(galaxy_instance)

get_tool_panel(): Get a list of available tool elements in Galaxy's configured toolbox.

Return type: list
Returns: List containing tools (if not in sections) or tool sections with nested tool descriptions.

SEE ALSO:

bioblend.galaxy.toolshed.get_repositories()

get_tools(tool_id=None, name=None, trackster=None): Get all tools or filter the specific one(s) via the provided name or tool_id. Provide only one argument, name or tool_id, but not both.
If name is set and multiple names match the given name, all the tools matching the argument will be returned.

Parameters

tool_id (str) -- id of the requested tool
name (str) -- name of the requested tool(s)
trackster (bool) -- if True, only tools that are compatible with Trackster are returned

Return type: list
Returns: List of tool descriptions.

SEE ALSO:

bioblend.galaxy.toolshed.get_repositories()

paste_content(content, history_id, **kwds): Upload a string to a new dataset in the history specified by history_id.

Parameters

content (str) -- content of the new dataset to upload or a list of URLs (one per line) to upload
history_id (str) -- id of the history where to upload the content

See upload_file() for the optional parameters (except file_name).

put_url(content, history_id, **kwds): Upload a string to a new dataset in the history specified by history_id.

Parameters

content (str) -- content of the new dataset to upload or a list of URLs (one per line) to upload
history_id (str) -- id of the history where to upload the content

See upload_file() for the optional parameters (except file_name).

run_tool(history_id, tool_id, tool_inputs): Runs tool specified by tool_id in history indicated by history_id with inputs from dict tool_inputs.

Parameters

history_id (str) -- encoded ID of the history in which to run the tool
tool_id (str) -- ID of the tool to be run
tool_inputs (dict) -- dictionary of input datasets and parameters for the tool (see below)

The tool_inputs dict should contain input datasets and parameters in the (largely undocumented) format used by the Galaxy API. Some examples can be found in https://bitbucket.org/galaxy/galaxy-central/src/tip/test/api/test_tools.py .

show_tool(tool_id, io_details=False, link_details=False): Get details of a given tool.

Parameters

tool_id (str) -- id of the requested tool
io_details (bool) -- if True, get also input and output details
link_details (bool) -- if True, get also link details

upload_file(path, history_id, **keywords): Upload the file specified by path to the history specified by history_id.

Parameters

path (str) -- path of the file to upload
history_id (str) -- id of the history where to upload the file
file_name (str) -- (optional) name of the new history dataset
file_type (str) -- Galaxy datatype for the new dataset, default is auto
dbkey (str) -- (optional) genome dbkey
to_posix_lines (bool) -- if True, convert universal line endings to POSIX line endings. Default is True. Set to False if you upload a gzip, bz2 or zip archive containing a binary file
space_to_tab (bool) -- whether to convert spaces to tabs. Default is False. Applicable only if to_posix_lines is True

upload_from_ftp(path, history_id, **keywords): Upload the file specified by path from the user's FTP directory to the history specified by history_id.

Parameters

path (str) -- path of the file in the user's FTP directory
history_id (str) -- id of the history where to upload the file

See upload_file() for the optional parameters.

----

Tool data tables¶

Contains possible interactions with the Galaxy Tool data tables

class bioblend.galaxy.tool_data.ToolDataClient(galaxy_instance)

delete_data_table(data_table_id, values): Delete an item from a data table.

Parameters

data_table_id (str) -- ID of the data table
values (str) -- a "|" separated list of column contents, there must be a value for all the columns of the data table

get_data_tables(): Get the list of all data tables.

Return type: list
Returns: A list of dicts with details on individual data tables. For example:

[{"model_class": "TabularToolDataTable", "name": "fasta_indexes"},
 {"model_class": "TabularToolDataTable", "name": "bwa_indexes"}]

show_data_table(data_table_id): Get details of a given data table.

Parameters: data_table_id (str) -- ID of the data table
Return type: dict
Returns: A description of the given data table and its content. For example:

{"columns": ["value", "dbkey", "name", "path"],
 "fields": [["test id",
   "test",
   "test name",
   "/opt/galaxy-dist/tool-data/test/seq/test id.fa"]],
 "model_class": "TabularToolDataTable",
 "name": "all_fasta"}

----

ToolShed¶

Interaction with a Galaxy Tool Shed

class bioblend.galaxy.toolshed.ToolShedClient(galaxy_instance)

get_repositories(): Get the list of all installed Tool Shed repositories on this Galaxy instance.

Return type: list
Returns: a list of dictionaries containing information about repositories present in the Tool Shed. For example:

[{u'changeset_revision': u'4afe13ac23b6',
  u'deleted': False,
  u'dist_to_shed': False,
  u'error_message': u'',
  u'name': u'velvet_toolsuite',
  u'owner': u'edward-kirton',
  u'status': u'Installed'}]

Changed in version 0.4.1: Changed method name from get_tools to get_repositories to better align with the Tool Shed concepts

SEE ALSO:

bioblend.galaxy.tools.get_tool_panel()

install_repository_revision(tool_shed_url, name, owner, changeset_revision, install_tool_dependencies=False, install_repository_dependencies=False, tool_panel_section_id=None, new_tool_panel_section_label=None): Install a specified repository revision from a specified Tool Shed into this Galaxy instance. This example demonstrates installation of a repository that contains valid tools, loading them into a section of the Galaxy tool panel or creating a new tool panel section. You can choose if tool dependencies or repository dependencies should be installed, use install_tool_dependencies or install_repository_dependencies.
Installing the repository into an existing tool panel section requires the tool panel config file (e.g., tool_conf.xml, shed_tool_conf.xml, etc) to contain the given tool panel section:

Parameters

tool_shed_url (str) -- URL of the Tool Shed from which the repository should be installed from (e.g., http://testtoolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu)
name (str) -- The name of the repository that should be installed
owner (str) -- The name of the repository owner
changeset_revision (str) -- The revision of the repository to be installed
install_tool_dependencies (bool) -- Whether or not to automatically handle tool dependencies (see http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/AToolOrASuitePerRepository for more details)
install_repository_dependencies (bool) -- Whether or not to automatically handle repository dependencies (see http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/DefiningRepositoryDependencies for more details)
tool_panel_section_id (str) -- The ID of the Galaxy tool panel section where the tool should be insterted under. Note that you should specify either this parameter or the new_tool_panel_section_label. If both are specified, this one will take precedence.
new_tool_panel_section_label (str) -- The name of a Galaxy tool panel section that should be created and the repository installed into.

show_repository(toolShed_id): Get details of a given Tool Shed repository as it is installed on this Galaxy instance.

Parameters: toolShed_id (str) -- Encoded toolShed ID
Return type: dict
Returns: Information about the tool For example:

{u'changeset_revision': u'b17455fb6222',
 u'ctx_rev': u'8',
 u'owner': u'aaron',
 u'status': u'Installed',
 u'url': u'/api/tool_shed_repositories/82de4a4c7135b20a'}

Changed in version 0.4.1: Changed method name from show_tool to show_repository to better align with the Tool Shed concepts

----

Users¶

Contains possible interaction dealing with Galaxy users.

These methods must be executed by a registered Galaxy admin user.

class bioblend.galaxy.users.UserClient(galaxy_instance)

create_local_user(username, user_email, password): Create a new Galaxy user.
NOTE:

For this method to work, the Galaxy instance must have the allow_user_creation option set to True and use_remote_user option set to False in the config/galaxy.ini configuration file.

Parameters

username (str) -- Username of user to be created
user_email (str) -- Email of user to be created
password (str) -- password of user to be created

Return type: dict
Returns: dictionary containing information about the created user

create_remote_user(user_email): Create a new Galaxy remote user.
NOTE:

For this method to work, the Galaxy instance must have the allow_user_creation and use_remote_user options set to True in the config/galaxy.ini configuration file. Also note that setting use_remote_user will require an upstream authentication proxy server; however, if you do not have one, access to Galaxy via a browser will not be possible.

Parameters: user_email (str) -- Email of user to be created
Return type: dict
Returns: dictionary containing information about the created user

create_user(user_email): Deprecated method.
Just an alias for create_remote_user().

create_user_apikey(user_id): Create a new api key for a user

Parameters: user_id (str) -- Encoded user ID
Return type: str
Returns: The api key for the user

get_current_user(): Returns the user id associated with this Galaxy connection

Return type: dict
Returns: dictionary containing information about the current user

get_users(deleted=False): Get a list of all registered users. If deleted is set to True, get a list of deleted users.

Return type: list
Returns: A list of dicts with user details. For example:

[{u'email': u'a_user@example.com',
  u'id': u'dda47097d9189f15',
  u'url': u'/api/users/dda47097d9189f15'}]

show_user(user_id, deleted=False): Display information about a user. If deleted is set to True, display information about a deleted user.

Parameters

user_id (str) -- User ID to inspect
deleted (bool) -- Whether to return results for a deleted user

Return type: dict
Returns: dictionary containing information about the user

----

Visual¶

Contains possible interactions with the Galaxy visualization

class bioblend.galaxy.visual.VisualClient(galaxy_instance)

get_visualizations(): Get the list of all visualizations.

Return type: list
Returns: A list of dicts with details on individual visualizations. For example:

[{u'dbkey': u'eschColi_K12',
  u'id': u'df1c7c96fc427c2d',
  u'title': u'AVTest1',
  u'type': u'trackster',
  u'url': u'/api/visualizations/df1c7c96fc427c2d'},
 {u'dbkey': u'mm9',
  u'id': u'a669f50f8bf55b02',
  u'title': u'Bam to Bigwig',
  u'type': u'trackster',
  u'url': u'/api/visualizations/a669f50f8bf55b02'}]

show_visualization(visual_id): Get details of a given visualization.

Parameters: visual_id (str) -- Encoded visualization ID
Return type: dict
Returns: A description of the given visualization. For example:

{u'annotation': None,
 u'dbkey': u'mm9',
 u'id': u'18df9134ea75e49c',
 u'latest_revision': {  ... },
 u'model_class': u'Visualization',
 u'revisions': [u'aa90649bb3ec7dcb', u'20622bc6249c0c71'],
 u'slug': u'visualization-for-grant-1',
 u'title': u'Visualization For Grant',
 u'type': u'trackster',
 u'url': u'/u/azaron/v/visualization-for-grant-1',
 u'user_id': u'21e4aed91386ca8b'}

----

Workflows¶

Contains possible interactions with the Galaxy Workflows

class bioblend.galaxy.workflows.WorkflowClient(galaxy_instance)

cancel_invocation(workflow_id, invocation_id): Cancel the scheduling of a workflow.

Parameters

workflow_id (str) -- Encoded workflow ID
invocation_id (str) -- Encoded workflow invocation ID

delete_workflow(workflow_id): Delete a workflow identified by workflow_id.

Parameters: workflow_id (str) -- Encoded workflow ID

WARNING:

Deleting a workflow is irreversible - all workflow data will be permanently deleted.

export_workflow_json(workflow_id): Exports a workflow

Parameters: workflow_id (str) -- Encoded workflow ID
Return type: dict
Returns: Dict representing the workflow requested

export_workflow_to_local_path(workflow_id, file_local_path, use_default_filename=True): Exports a workflow in json format to a given local path.

Parameters

workflow_id (str) -- Encoded workflow ID
file_local_path (str) -- Local path to which the exported file will be saved. (Should not contain filename if use_default_name=True)
use_default_filename (bool) -- If the use_default_name parameter is True, the exported file will be saved as file_local_path/Galaxy-Workflow-%s.ga, where %s is the workflow name. If use_default_name is False, file_local_path is assumed to contain the full file path including filename.

get_invocations(workflow_id): Get a list containing all the workflow invocations corresponding to the specified workflow.

Parameters: workflow_id (str) -- Encoded workflow ID
Return type: list
Returns: A list of workflow invocations. For example:

[{u'update_time': u'2015-10-31T22:00:22',
  u'uuid': u'c8aa2b1c-801a-11e5-a9e5-8ca98228593c',
  u'history_id': u'2f94e8ae9edff68a',
  u'workflow_id': u'03501d7626bd192f',
  u'state': u'new',
  u'model_class': u'WorkflowInvocation',
  u'id': u'df7a1f0c02a5b08e'}
]

get_workflow_inputs(workflow_id, label): Get a list of workflow input IDs that match the given label. If no input matches the given label, an empty list is returned.

Parameters

workflow_id (str) -- Encoded workflow ID
label (str) -- label to filter workflow inputs on

Return type: list
Returns: list of workflow inputs matching the label query

get_workflows(workflow_id=None, name=None, published=False): Get all workflows or filter the specific one(s) via the provided name or workflow_id. Provide only one argument, name or workflow_id, but not both.

Parameters

workflow_id (str) -- Encoded workflow ID (incompatible with name)
name (str) -- Filter by name of workflow (incompatible with workflow_id). If multiple names match the given name, all the workflows matching the argument will be returned.
published (bool) -- if True, return also published workflows

Return type: list
Returns: A list of workflow dicts. For example:

[{u'id': u'92c56938c2f9b315',
  u'name': u'Simple',
  u'url': u'/api/workflows/92c56938c2f9b315'}]

import_shared_workflow(workflow_id): Imports a new workflow from the shared published workflows.

Parameters: workflow_id (str) -- Encoded workflow ID
Return type: dict
Returns: A description of the workflow. For example:

{u'id': u'ee0e2b4b696d9092',
 u'model_class': u'StoredWorkflow',
 u'name': u'Super workflow that solves everything!',
 u'published': False,
 u'tags': [],
 u'url': u'/api/workflows/ee0e2b4b696d9092'}

import_workflow_from_local_path(file_local_path): Imports a new workflow given the path to a file containing a previously exported workflow.

Parameters: file_local_path (str) -- File to upload to the server for new workflow

import_workflow_json(workflow_json): Imports a new workflow given a json representation of a previously exported workflow.

Parameters: workflow_json (str) -- JSON string representing the workflow to be imported

invoke_workflow(workflow_id, inputs=None, params=None, history_id=None, history_name=None, import_inputs_to_history=False, replacement_params=None, allow_tool_state_corrections=None): Invoke the workflow identified by workflow_id. This will cause a workflow to be scheduled and return an object describing the workflow invocation.

Parameters

workflow_id (str) -- Encoded workflow ID
inputs (dict) --
A mapping of workflow inputs to datasets and dataset collections. The datasets source can be a LibraryDatasetDatasetAssociation (ldda), LibraryDataset (ld), HistoryDatasetAssociation (hda), or HistoryDatasetCollectionAssociation (hdca).

The map must be in the following format: {'<input_index>': {'id': <encoded dataset ID>, 'src': '[ldda, ld, hda, hdca]'}} (e.g. {'2': {'id': '29beef4fadeed09f', 'src': 'hda'}})

This map may also be indexed by the UUIDs of the workflow steps, as indicated by the uuid property of steps returned from the Galaxy API.
params (str or dict) -- A mapping of tool parameters that are non-datasets parameters. The map must be in the following format: {'blastn': {'param': 'evalue', 'value': '1e-06'}}
history_id (str) -- The encoded history ID where to store the workflow output. Alternatively, history_name may be specified to create a new history.
history_name (str) -- Create a new history with the given name to store the workflow output. If both history_id and history_name are provided, history_name is ignored. If neither is specified, a new 'Unnamed history' is created.
import_inputs_to_history (bool) -- If True, used workflow inputs will be imported into the history. If False, only workflow outputs will be visible in the given history.
allow_tool_state_corrections (bool) -- If True, allow Galaxy to fill in missing tool state when running workflows. This may be useful for workflows using tools that have changed over time or for workflows built outside of Galaxy with only a subset of inputs defined.
replacement_params (dict) -- pattern-based replacements for post-job actions (see below)

Return type: dict
Returns: A dict containing the workflow invocation describing the scheduling of the workflow. For example:

{u'inputs': {u'0': {u'src': u'hda', u'id': u'a7db2fac67043c7e', u'uuid': u'7932ffe0-2340-4952-8857-dbaa50f1f46a'}},
 u'update_time': u'2015-10-31T22:00:26',
 u'uuid': u'c8aa2b1c-801a-11e5-a9e5-8ca98228593c',
 u'history_id': u'2f94e8ae9edff68a',
 u'workflow_id': u'03501d7626bd192f',
 u'state': u'ready',
 u'steps': [{u'workflow_step_uuid': u'b81250fd-3278-4e6a-b269-56a1f01ef485',
             u'update_time': u'2015-10-31T22:00:26',
             u'job_id': None,
             u'state': None,
             u'workflow_step_label': None,
             u'order_index': 0,
             u'action': None,
             u'model_class': u'WorkflowInvocationStep',
             u'workflow_step_id': u'cbbbf59e8f08c98c',
             u'id': u'd413a19dec13d11e'},
            {u'workflow_step_uuid': u'e62440b8-e911-408b-b124-e05435d3125e',
             u'update_time': u'2015-10-31T22:00:26',
             u'job_id': u'e89067bb68bee7a0',
             u'state': u'new',
             u'workflow_step_label':None,
             u'order_index': 1,
             u'action': None,
             u'model_class': u'WorkflowInvocationStep',
             u'workflow_step_id': u'964b37715ec9bd22',
             u'id': u'2f94e8ae9edff68a'},
           ],
 u'model_class': u'WorkflowInvocation',
 u'id': u'df7a1f0c02a5b08e'
}

The replacement_params dict should map parameter names in post-job actions (PJAs) to their runtime values. For instance, if the final step has a PJA like the following:

{u'RenameDatasetActionout_file1': {
 u'action_arguments': {u'newname': u'${output}'},
 u'action_type': u'RenameDatasetAction',
 u'output_name': u'out_file1'}}

then the following renames the output dataset to 'foo':

replacement_params = {'output': 'foo'}

Object-oriented Galaxy API¶

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.galaxy_instance.GalaxyInstance(url, api_key=None, email=None, password=None): A representation of an instance of Galaxy, identified by a URL and a user's API key.

Parameters

url (str) -- a FQDN or IP for a given instance of Galaxy. For example: http://127.0.0.1:8080
api_key (str) -- user's API key for the given instance of Galaxy, obtained from the Galaxy web UI.

This is actually a factory class which instantiates the entity-specific clients.

Example: get a list of all histories for a user with API key 'foo':

from bioblend.galaxy.objects import *
gi = GalaxyInstance('http://127.0.0.1:8080', 'foo')
histories = gi.histories.list()

histories: Client module for Galaxy histories.

jobs: Client module for Galaxy jobs.

libraries: Client module for Galaxy libraries.

tools: Client module for Galaxy tools.

workflows: Client module for Galaxy workflows.

Client¶

Clients for interacting with specific Galaxy entity types.

Classes in this module should not be instantiated directly, but used via their handles in GalaxyInstance.

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.client.ObjClient(obj_gi)

get_previews(**kwargs): Get a list of object previews.
Previews entity summaries provided by REST collection URIs, e.g. http://host:port/api/libraries. Being the most lightweight objects associated to the various entities, these are the ones that should be used to retrieve their basic info.

Return type: list
Returns: a list of object previews

list(**kwargs): Get a list of objects.
This method first gets the entity summaries, then gets the complete description for each entity with an additional GET call, so may be slow.

Return type: list
Returns: a list of objects

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.client.ObjDatasetContainerClient(obj_gi)

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.client.ObjHistoryClient(obj_gi): Interacts with Galaxy histories.

create(name=None): Create a new Galaxy history, optionally setting its name.

Return type: History
Returns: the history just created

delete(id_=None, name=None, purge=False): Delete the history with the given id or name.
Note that the same name can map to multiple histories.

Parameters: purge (bool) -- if True, also purge (permanently delete) the history

NOTE:

For the purge option to work, the Galaxy instance must have the allow_user_dataset_purge option set to True in the config/galaxy.ini configuration file.

get(id_): Retrieve the history corresponding to the given id.

Return type: History
Returns: the history corresponding to id_

get_previews(name=None, deleted=False)

list(name=None, deleted=False): Get histories owned by the user of this Galaxy instance.

Parameters

name (str) -- return only histories with this name
deleted (bool) -- if True, return histories that have been deleted

Return type: list of History

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.client.ObjJobClient(obj_gi): Interacts with Galaxy jobs.

get(id_, full_details=False): Retrieve the job corresponding to the given id.

Parameters: full_details (bool) -- if True, return the complete list of details for the given job.
Return type: Job
Returns: the job corresponding to id_

get_previews()

list(): Get the list of jobs of the current user.

Return type: list of Job

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.client.ObjLibraryClient(obj_gi): Interacts with Galaxy libraries.

create(name, description=None, synopsis=None): Create a data library with the properties defined in the arguments.

Return type: Library
Returns: the library just created

delete(id_=None, name=None)

Delete the library with the given id or name.

Note that the same name can map to multiple libraries.

WARNING:

Deleting a data library is irreversible - all of the data from the library will be permanently deleted.

get(id_): Retrieve the data library corresponding to the given id.

Return type: Library
Returns: the library corresponding to id_

get_previews(name=None, deleted=False)

list(name=None, deleted=False): Get libraries owned by the user of this Galaxy instance.

Parameters

name (str) -- return only libraries with this name
deleted (bool) -- if True, return libraries that have been deleted

Return type: list of Library

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.client.ObjToolClient(obj_gi): Interacts with Galaxy tools.

get(id_, io_details=False, link_details=False): Retrieve the tool corresponding to the given id.

Parameters

io_details (bool) -- if True, get also input and output details
link_details (bool) -- if True, get also link details

Return type: Tool
Returns: the tool corresponding to id_

get_previews(name=None, trackster=None): Get the list of tools installed on the Galaxy instance.

Parameters

name (str) -- return only tools with this name
trackster (bool) -- if True, only tools that are compatible with Trackster are returned

Return type: list of Tool

list(name=None, trackster=None): Get the list of tools installed on the Galaxy instance.

Parameters

name (str) -- return only tools with this name
trackster (bool) -- if True, only tools that are compatible with Trackster are returned

Return type: list of Tool

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.client.ObjWorkflowClient(obj_gi): Interacts with Galaxy workflows.

delete(id_=None, name=None)

Delete the workflow with the given id or name.

Note that the same name can map to multiple workflows.

WARNING:

Deleting a workflow is irreversible - all of the data from the workflow will be permanently deleted.

get(id_): Retrieve the workflow corresponding to the given id.

Return type: Workflow
Returns: the workflow corresponding to id_

get_previews(name=None, published=False)

import_new(src): Imports a new workflow into Galaxy.

Parameters: src (dict or str) -- deserialized (dictionary) or serialized (str) JSON dump of the workflow (this is normally obtained by exporting a workflow from Galaxy).
Return type: Workflow
Returns: the workflow just imported

import_shared(id_): Imports a shared workflow to the user's space.

Parameters: id (str) -- workflow id
Return type: Workflow
Returns: the workflow just imported

list(name=None, published=False): Get workflows owned by the user of this Galaxy instance.

Parameters

name (str) -- return only workflows with this name
published (bool) -- if True, return also published workflows

Return type: list of Workflow

Wrappers¶

A basic object-oriented interface for Galaxy entities.

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.Wrapper(wrapped, parent=None, gi=None)

Abstract base class for Galaxy entity wrappers.

Wrapper instances wrap deserialized JSON dictionaries such as the ones obtained by the Galaxy web API, converting key-based access to attribute-based access (e.g., library['name'] -> library.name).

Dict keys that are converted to attributes are listed in the BASE_ATTRS class variable: this is the 'stable' interface. Note that the wrapped dictionary is accessible via the wrapped attribute.

Parameters

wrapped (dict) -- JSON-serializable dictionary
parent (Wrapper) -- the parent of this wrapper
gi (GalaxyInstance) -- the GalaxyInstance through which we can access this wrapper

BASE_ATTRS = ('id', 'name')

clone(): Return an independent copy of this wrapper.

classmethod from_json(jdef): Build a new wrapper from a JSON dump.

gi_module: The GalaxyInstance module that deals with objects of this type.

is_mapped: True if this wrapper is mapped to an actual Galaxy entity.

parent: The parent of this wrapper.

to_json(): Return a JSON dump of this wrapper.

touch(): Mark this wrapper as having been modified since its creation.

unmap(): Disconnect this wrapper from Galaxy.

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.Step(step_dict, parent): Abstract base class for workflow steps.
Steps are the main building blocks of a Galaxy workflow. A step can be: an input (type 'data_collection_input` or 'data_input`), a computational tool (type 'tool`) or a pause (type 'pause`).

BASE_ATTRS = ('id', 'name', 'input_steps', 'tool_id', 'tool_inputs', 'tool_version', 'type')

gi_module

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.Workflow(wf_dict, gi=None): Workflows represent ordered sequences of computations on Galaxy.
A workflow defines a sequence of steps that produce one or more results from an input dataset.

BASE_ATTRS = ('id', 'name', 'deleted', 'inputs', 'published', 'steps', 'tags')

POLLING_INTERVAL = 10

convert_input_map(input_map): Convert input_map to the format required by the Galaxy web API.

Parameters: input_map (dict) -- a mapping from input labels to datasets
Return type: dict
Returns: a mapping from input slot ids to dataset ids in the format required by the Galaxy web API.

data_collection_input_ids: Return the list of data collection input steps for this workflow.

data_input_ids: Return the list of data input steps for this workflow.

delete(): Delete this workflow.
WARNING:

Deleting a workflow is irreversible - all of the data from the workflow will be permanently deleted.

export(): Export a re-importable representation of the workflow.

Return type: dict
Returns: a JSON-serializable dump of the workflow

gi_module

input_labels: Return the labels of this workflow's input steps.

is_runnable: Return True if the workflow can be run on Galaxy.
A workflow is considered runnable on a Galaxy instance if all of the tools it uses are installed in that instance.

preview()

run(input_map=None, history='', params=None, import_inputs=False, replacement_params=None, wait=False, polling_interval=10, break_on_error=True): Run the workflow in the current Galaxy instance.

Parameters

input_map (dict) -- a mapping from workflow input labels to datasets, e.g.: dict(zip(workflow.input_labels, library.get_datasets()))
history (History or str) -- either a valid history object (results will be stored there) or a string (a new history will be created with the given name).
params (Mapping) -- parameter settings for workflow steps (see below)
import_inputs (bool) -- If True, workflow inputs will be imported into the history; if False, only workflow outputs will be visible in the history.
replacement_params (Mapping) -- pattern-based replacements for post-job actions (see the docs for run_workflow())
wait (bool) -- whether to wait while the returned datasets are in a pending state
polling_interval (float) -- polling interval in seconds
break_on_error (bool) -- whether to break as soon as at least one of the returned datasets is in the 'error' state

Return type: tuple
Returns: list of output datasets, output history

The params dict should be structured as follows:

PARAMS = {STEP_ID: PARAM_DICT, ...}
PARAM_DICT = {NAME: VALUE, ...}

For backwards compatibility, the following (deprecated) format is also supported:

PARAMS = {TOOL_ID: PARAM_DICT, ...}

in which case PARAM_DICT affects all steps with the given tool id. If both by-tool-id and by-step-id specifications are used, the latter takes precedence.

Finally (again, for backwards compatibility), PARAM_DICT can also be specified as:

PARAM_DICT = {'param': NAME, 'value': VALUE}

Note that this format allows only one parameter to be set per step.

Example: set 'a' to 1 for the third workflow step:

params = {workflow.steps[2].id: {'a': 1}}

WARNING:

This is a blocking operation that can take a very long time. If wait is set to False, the method will return as soon as the workflow has been scheduled, otherwise it will wait until the workflow has been run. With a large number of steps, however, the delay may not be negligible even in the former case (e.g. minutes for 100 steps).

sorted_step_ids(): Return a topological sort of the workflow's DAG.

tool_ids: Return the list of tool steps for this workflow.

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.ContentInfo(info_dict, gi=None): Instances of this class wrap dictionaries obtained by getting /api/{histories,libraries}/<ID>/contents from Galaxy.

BASE_ATTRS = ('id', 'name', 'type')

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.LibraryContentInfo(info_dict, gi=None): Instances of this class wrap dictionaries obtained by getting /api/libraries/<ID>/contents from Galaxy.

gi_module

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.HistoryContentInfo(info_dict, gi=None): Instances of this class wrap dictionaries obtained by getting /api/histories/<ID>/contents from Galaxy.

BASE_ATTRS = ('id', 'name', 'type', 'deleted', 'state', 'visible')

gi_module

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.DatasetContainer(c_dict, content_infos=None, gi=None): Abstract base class for dataset containers (histories and libraries).

Parameters: content_infos (list of ContentInfo) -- info objects for the container's contents

BASE_ATTRS = ('id', 'name', 'deleted')

dataset_ids: Return the ids of the contained datasets.

get_dataset(ds_id): Retrieve the dataset corresponding to the given id.

Parameters: ds_id (str) -- dataset id
Return type: HistoryDatasetAssociation or LibraryDataset
Returns: the dataset corresponding to ds_id

get_datasets(name=None): Get all datasets contained inside this dataset container.

Parameters: name (str) -- return only datasets with this name
Return type: list of HistoryDatasetAssociation or list of LibraryDataset
Returns: datasets with the given name contained inside this container

NOTE:

when filtering library datasets by name, specify their full paths starting from the library's root folder, e.g., /seqdata/reads.fastq. Full paths are available through the content_infos attribute of Library objects.

preview()

refresh(): Re-fetch the attributes pertaining to this object.
Returns: self

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.History(hist_dict, content_infos=None, gi=None): Maps to a Galaxy history.

API_MODULE = 'histories'

BASE_ATTRS = ('id', 'name', 'deleted', 'annotation', 'state', 'state_ids', 'state_details', 'tags')

CONTENT_INFO_TYPE: alias of HistoryContentInfo

DS_TYPE: alias of HistoryDatasetAssociation

delete(purge=False): Delete this history.

Parameters: purge (bool) -- if True, also purge (permanently delete) the history

NOTE:

For the purge option to work, the Galaxy instance must have the allow_user_dataset_purge option set to True in the config/galaxy.ini configuration file.

download(jeha_id, outf, chunk_size=4096): Download an export archive for this history. Use export() to create an export and get the required jeha_id. See download_history() for parameter and return value info.

export(gzip=True, include_hidden=False, include_deleted=False, wait=False): Start a job to create an export archive for this history. See export_history() for parameter and return value info.

gi_module

import_dataset(lds): Import a dataset into the history from a library.

Parameters: lds (LibraryDataset) -- the library dataset to import
Return type: HistoryDatasetAssociation
Returns: the imported history dataset

paste_content(content, **kwargs): Upload a string to a new dataset in this history.

Parameters: content (str) -- content of the new dataset to upload

See upload_file() for the optional parameters (except file_name).

Return type: HistoryDatasetAssociation
Returns: the uploaded dataset

update(name=None, annotation=None, **kwds): Update history metadata information. Some of the attributes that can be modified are documented below.

Parameters

name (str) -- Replace history name with the given string
annotation (str) -- Replace history annotation with the given string
deleted (bool) -- Mark or unmark history as deleted
published (bool) -- Mark or unmark history as published
importable (bool) -- Mark or unmark history as importable
tags (list) -- Replace history tags with the given list

upload_dataset(path, **kwargs): Upload the file specified by path to this history.

Parameters: path (str) -- path of the file to upload

See upload_file() for the optional parameters.

Return type: HistoryDatasetAssociation
Returns: the uploaded dataset

upload_file(path, **kwargs): Upload the file specified by path to this history.

Parameters: path (str) -- path of the file to upload

See upload_file() for the optional parameters.

Return type: HistoryDatasetAssociation
Returns: the uploaded dataset

upload_from_ftp(path, **kwargs): Upload the file specified by path from the user's FTP directory to this history.

Parameters: path (str) -- path of the file in the user's FTP directory

See upload_file() for the optional parameters.

Return type: HistoryDatasetAssociation
Returns: the uploaded dataset

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.Library(lib_dict, content_infos=None, gi=None): Maps to a Galaxy library.

API_MODULE = 'libraries'

BASE_ATTRS = ('id', 'name', 'deleted', 'description', 'synopsis')

CONTENT_INFO_TYPE: alias of LibraryContentInfo

DS_TYPE: alias of LibraryDataset

copy_from_dataset(hda, folder=None, message=''): Copy a history dataset into this library.

Parameters: hda (HistoryDatasetAssociation) -- history dataset to copy into the library

See upload_data() for info on other params.

create_folder(name, description=None, base_folder=None): Create a folder in this library.

Parameters

name (str) -- folder name
description (str) -- optional folder description
base_folder (Folder) -- parent folder, or None to create in the root folder

Return type: Folder
Returns: the folder just created

delete(): Delete this library.

folder_ids: Return the ids of the contained folders.

get_folder(f_id): Retrieve the folder corresponding to the given id.

Return type: Folder
Returns: the folder corresponding to f_id

gi_module

root_folder: The root folder of this library.

Return type: Folder
Returns: the root folder of this library

upload_data(data, folder=None, **kwargs): Upload data to this library.

Parameters

data (str) -- dataset contents
folder (Folder) -- a folder object, or None to upload to the root folder

Return type: LibraryDataset
Returns: the dataset object that represents the uploaded content

Optional keyword arguments: file_type, dbkey.

upload_from_galaxy_fs(paths, folder=None, link_data_only=None, **kwargs): Upload data to this library from filesystem paths on the server.
NOTE:

For this method to work, the Galaxy instance must have the allow_library_path_paste option set to True in the config/galaxy.ini configuration file.

Parameters

paths (str or Iterable of str) -- server-side file paths from which data should be read
link_data_only (str) -- either 'copy_files' (default) or 'link_to_files'. Setting to 'link_to_files' symlinks instead of copying the files

Return type: list of LibraryDataset
Returns: the dataset objects that represent the uploaded content

See upload_data() for info on other params.

upload_from_local(path, folder=None, **kwargs): Upload data to this library from a local file.

Parameters: path (str) -- local file path from which data should be read

See upload_data() for info on other params.

upload_from_url(url, folder=None, **kwargs): Upload data to this library from the given URL.

Parameters: url (str) -- URL from which data should be read

See upload_data() for info on other params.

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.Folder(f_dict, container, gi=None): Maps to a folder in a Galaxy library.

BASE_ATTRS = ('id', 'name', 'description', 'deleted', 'item_count')

container_id: Deprecated property.
Id of the folder container. Use container.id instead.

gi_module

parent: The parent folder of this folder. The parent of the root folder is None.

Return type: Folder
Returns: the parent of this folder

refresh(): Re-fetch the attributes pertaining to this object.
Returns: self

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.Dataset(ds_dict, container, gi=None): Abstract base class for Galaxy datasets.

BASE_ATTRS = ('id', 'name', 'data_type', 'file_name', 'file_size', 'state', 'deleted', 'file_ext')

POLLING_INTERVAL = 1

container_id: Deprecated property.
Id of the dataset container. Use container.id instead.

download(file_object, chunk_size=4096): Open dataset for reading and save its contents to file_object.

Parameters: file_object (file) -- output file object

See get_stream() for info on other params.

get_contents(chunk_size=4096): Open dataset for reading and return its full contents.
See get_stream() for param info.

get_stream(chunk_size=4096): Open dataset for reading and return an iterator over its contents.

Parameters: chunk_size (int) -- read this amount of bytes at a time

WARNING:

Due to a change in the Galaxy API endpoint, this method does not work on LibraryDataset instances with Galaxy release_2014.06.02. Methods that delegate work to this one are also affected: peek(), download() and get_contents().

peek(chunk_size=4096): Open dataset for reading and return the first chunk.
See get_stream() for param info.

refresh(): Re-fetch the attributes pertaining to this object.
Returns: self

wait(polling_interval=1, break_on_error=True): Wait for this dataset to come out of the pending states.

Parameters

polling_interval (float) -- polling interval in seconds
break_on_error (bool) -- if True, raise a RuntimeError exception if the dataset ends in the 'error' state.

WARNING:

This is a blocking operation that can take a very long time. Also, note that this method does not return anything; however, this dataset is refreshed (possibly multiple times) during the execution.

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.HistoryDatasetAssociation(ds_dict, container, gi=None): Maps to a Galaxy HistoryDatasetAssociation.

BASE_ATTRS = ('id', 'name', 'data_type', 'file_name', 'file_size', 'state', 'deleted', 'file_ext', 'tags', 'visible')

SRC = 'hda'

delete(): Delete this dataset.

gi_module

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.LibraryDatasetDatasetAssociation(ds_dict, container, gi=None): Maps to a Galaxy LibraryDatasetDatasetAssociation.

SRC = 'ldda'

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.LibraryDataset(ds_dict, container, gi=None): Maps to a Galaxy LibraryDataset.

SRC = 'ld'

delete(purged=False): Delete this library dataset.

Parameters: purged (bool) -- if True, also purge (permanently delete) the dataset

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.Tool(t_dict, gi=None): Maps to a Galaxy tool.

BASE_ATTRS = ('id', 'name', 'version')

POLLING_INTERVAL = 10

gi_module

run(inputs, history, wait=False, polling_interval=10): Execute this tool in the given history with inputs from dict inputs.

Parameters

inputs (dict) -- dictionary of input datasets and parameters for the tool (see below)
history (History) -- the history where to execute the tool
wait (bool) -- whether to wait while the returned datasets are in a pending state
polling_interval (float) -- polling interval in seconds

Return type: list of HistoryDatasetAssociation
Returns: list of output datasets

The inputs dict should contain input datasets and parameters in the (largely undocumented) format used by the Galaxy API. Some examples can be found in Galaxy's API test suite. The value of an input dataset can also be a Dataset object, which will be automatically converted to the needed format.

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.Job(j_dict, gi=None): Maps to a Galaxy job.

BASE_ATTRS = ('id', 'state')

gi_module

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.Preview(pw_dict, gi=None): Abstract base class for Galaxy entity 'previews'.
Classes derived from this one model the short summaries returned by global getters such as /api/libraries.

BASE_ATTRS = ('id', 'name', 'deleted')

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.LibraryPreview(pw_dict, gi=None): Models Galaxy library 'previews'.
Instances of this class wrap dictionaries obtained by getting /api/libraries from Galaxy.

gi_module

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.HistoryPreview(pw_dict, gi=None): Models Galaxy history 'previews'.
Instances of this class wrap dictionaries obtained by getting /api/histories from Galaxy.

BASE_ATTRS = ('id', 'name', 'deleted', 'tags')

gi_module

class bioblend.galaxy.objects.wrappers.WorkflowPreview(pw_dict, gi=None): Models Galaxy workflow 'previews'.
Instances of this class wrap dictionaries obtained by getting /api/workflows from Galaxy.

BASE_ATTRS = ('id', 'name', 'deleted', 'published', 'tags')

gi_module

Usage documentation¶

This page describes some sample use cases for the Galaxy API and provides examples for these API calls. In addition to this page, there are functional examples of complete scripts in the docs/examples directory of the BioBlend source code repository.

Connect to a Galaxy server¶

To connect to a running Galaxy server, you will need an account on that Galaxy instance and an API key for the account. Instructions on getting an API key can be found at http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Learn/API .

To open a connection call:

from bioblend.galaxy import GalaxyInstance
gi = GalaxyInstance(url='http://example.galaxy.url', key='your-API-key')

We now have a GalaxyInstance object which allows us to interact with the Galaxy server under our account, and access our data. If the account is a Galaxy admin account we also will be able to use this connection to carry out admin actions.

View Histories and Datasets¶

Methods for accessing histories and datasets are grouped under GalaxyInstance.histories.* and GalaxyInstance.datasets.* respectively.

To get information on the Histories currently in your account, call:

>>> gi.histories.get_histories()
[{u'id': u'f3c2b0f3ecac9f02',
  u'name': u'RNAseq_DGE_BASIC_Prep',
  u'url': u'/api/histories/f3c2b0f3ecac9f02'},
 {u'id': u'8a91dcf1866a80c2',
  u'name': u'June demo',
  u'url': u'/api/histories/8a91dcf1866a80c2'}]

This returns a list of dictionaries containing basic metadata, including the id and name of each History. In this case, we have two existing Histories in our account, 'RNAseq_DGE_BASIC_Prep' and 'June demo'. To get more detailed information about a History we can pass its id to the show_history method:

>>> gi.histories.show_history('f3c2b0f3ecac9f02', contents=False)
{u'annotation': u'',
 u'contents_url': u'/api/histories/f3c2b0f3ecac9f02/contents',
 u'id': u'f3c2b0f3ecac9f02',
 u'name': u'RNAseq_DGE_BASIC_Prep',
 u'nice_size': u'93.5 MB',
 u'state': u'ok',
 u'state_details': {u'discarded': 0,
      u'empty': 0,
      u'error': 0,
      u'failed_metadata': 0,
      u'new': 0,
      u'ok': 7,
      u'paused': 0,
      u'queued': 0,
      u'running': 0,
      u'setting_metadata': 0,
      u'upload': 0 },
 u'state_ids': {u'discarded': [],
      u'empty': [],
      u'error': [],
      u'failed_metadata': [],
      u'new': [],
      u'ok': [u'd6842fb08a76e351',
              u'10a4b652da44e82a',
              u'81c601a2549966a0',
              u'a154f05e3bcee26b',
              u'1352fe19ddce0400',
              u'06d549c52d753e53',
              u'9ec54455d6279cc7'],
      u'paused': [],
      u'queued': [],
      u'running': [],
      u'setting_metadata': [],
      u'upload': []
      }
  }

This gives us a dictionary containing the History's metadata. With contents=False (the default), we only get a list of ids of the datasets contained within the History; with contents=True we would get metadata on each dataset. We can also directly access more detailed information on a particular dataset by passing its id to the show_dataset method:

>>> gi.datasets.show_dataset('10a4b652da44e82a')
{u'data_type': u'fastqsanger',
 u'deleted': False,
 u'file_size': 16527060,
 u'genome_build': u'dm3',
 u'id': 17499,
 u'metadata_data_lines': None,
 u'metadata_dbkey': u'dm3',
 u'metadata_sequences': None,
 u'misc_blurb': u'15.8 MB',
 u'misc_info': u'Noneuploaded fastqsanger file',
 u'model_class': u'HistoryDatasetAssociation',
 u'name': u'C1_R2_1.chr4.fq',
 u'purged': False,
 u'state': u'ok',
 u'visible': True}

Uploading Datasets to a History¶

To upload a local file to a Galaxy server, you can run the upload_file method, supplying the path to a local file:

>>> gi.tools.upload_file('test.txt', 'f3c2b0f3ecac9f02')
{u'implicit_collections': [],
 u'jobs': [{u'create_time': u'2015-07-28T17:52:39.756488',
            u'exit_code': None,
            u'id': u'9752b387803d3e1e',
            u'model_class': u'Job',
            u'state': u'new',
            u'tool_id': u'upload1',
            u'update_time': u'2015-07-28T17:52:39.987509'}],
 u'output_collections': [],
 u'outputs': [{u'create_time': u'2015-07-28T17:52:39.331176',
               u'data_type': u'galaxy.datatypes.data.Text',
               u'deleted': False,
               u'file_ext': u'auto',
               u'file_size': 0,
               u'genome_build': u'?',
               u'hda_ldda': u'hda',
               u'hid': 16,
               u'history_content_type': u'dataset',
               u'history_id': u'f3c2b0f3ecac9f02',
               u'id': u'59c76a119581e190',
               u'metadata_data_lines': None,
               u'metadata_dbkey': u'?',
               u'misc_blurb': None,
               u'misc_info': None,
               u'model_class': u'HistoryDatasetAssociation',
               u'name': u'test.txt',
               u'output_name': u'output0',
               u'peek': u'<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"></table>',
               u'purged': False,
               u'state': u'queued',
               u'tags': [],
               u'update_time': u'2015-07-28T17:52:39.611887',
               u'uuid': u'ff0ee99b-7542-4125-802d-7a193f388e7e',
               u'visible': True}]}

If files are greater than 2GB in size, they will need to be uploaded via FTP. Importing files from the user's FTP folder can be done via running the upload tool again:

>>> gi.tools.upload_from_ftp('test.txt', 'f3c2b0f3ecac9f02')
{u'implicit_collections': [],
 u'jobs': [{u'create_time': u'2015-07-28T17:57:43.704394',
            u'exit_code': None,
            u'id': u'82b264d8c3d11790',
            u'model_class': u'Job',
            u'state': u'new',
            u'tool_id': u'upload1',
            u'update_time': u'2015-07-28T17:57:43.910958'}],
 u'output_collections': [],
 u'outputs': [{u'create_time': u'2015-07-28T17:57:43.209041',
               u'data_type': u'galaxy.datatypes.data.Text',
               u'deleted': False,
               u'file_ext': u'auto',
               u'file_size': 0,
               u'genome_build': u'?',
               u'hda_ldda': u'hda',
               u'hid': 17,
               u'history_content_type': u'dataset',
               u'history_id': u'f3c2b0f3ecac9f02',
               u'id': u'a676e8f07209a3be',
               u'metadata_data_lines': None,
               u'metadata_dbkey': u'?',
               u'misc_blurb': None,
               u'misc_info': None,
               u'model_class': u'HistoryDatasetAssociation',
               u'name': u'test.txt',
               u'output_name': u'output0',
               u'peek': u'<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"></table>',
               u'purged': False,
               u'state': u'queued',
               u'tags': [],
               u'update_time': u'2015-07-28T17:57:43.544407',
               u'uuid': u'2cbe8f0a-4019-47c4-87e2-005ce35b8449',
               u'visible': True}]}

View Data Libraries¶

Methods for accessing Data Libraries are grouped under GalaxyInstance.libraries.*. Most Data Library methods are available to all users, but as only administrators can create new Data Libraries within Galaxy, the create_folder and create_library methods can only be called using an API key belonging to an admin account.

We can view the Data Libraries available to our account using:

>>> gi.libraries.get_libraries()
[{u'id': u'8e6f930d00d123ea',
  u'name': u'RNA-seq workshop data',
  u'url': u'/api/libraries/8e6f930d00d123ea'},
 {u'id': u'f740ab636b360a70',
  u'name': u'1000 genomes',
  u'url': u'/api/libraries/f740ab636b360a70'}]

This gives a list of metadata dictionaries with basic information on each library. We can get more information on a particular Data Library by passing its id to the show_library method:

>>> gi.libraries.show_library('8e6f930d00d123ea')
{u'contents_url': u'/api/libraries/8e6f930d00d123ea/contents',
 u'description': u'RNA-Seq workshop data',
 u'name': u'RNA-Seq',
 u'synopsis': u'Data for the RNA-Seq tutorial'}

Upload files to a Data Library¶

We can get files into Data Libraries in several ways: by uploading from our local machine, by retrieving from a URL, by passing the new file content directly into the method, or by importing a file from the filesystem on the Galaxy server.

For instance, to upload a file from our machine we might call:

>>> gi.libraries.upload_file_from_local_path('8e6f930d00d123ea', '/local/path/to/mydata.fastq', file_type='fastqsanger')

Note that we have provided the id of the destination Data Library, and in this case we have specified the type that Galaxy should assign to the new dataset. The default value for file_type is 'auto', in which case Galaxy will attempt to guess the dataset type.

View Workflows¶

Methods for accessing workflows are grouped under GalaxyInstance.workflows.*.

To get information on the Workflows currently in your account, use:

>>> gi.workflows.get_workflows()
[{u'id': u'e8b85ad72aefca86',
  u'name': u"TopHat + cufflinks part 1",
  u'url': u'/api/workflows/e8b85ad72aefca86'},
 {u'id': u'b0631c44aa74526d',
  u'name': u'CuffDiff',
  u'url': u'/api/workflows/b0631c44aa74526d'}]

This returns a list of metadata dictionaries. We can get the details of a particular Workflow, including its steps, by passing its id to the show_workflow method:

>>> gi.workflows.show_workflow('e8b85ad72aefca86')
{u'id': u'e8b85ad72aefca86',
 u'inputs':
    {u'252':
       {u'label': u'Input RNA-seq fastq',
        u'value': u''
        }
     },
 u'name': u"TopHat + cufflinks part 1",
 u'steps':
    {u'250':
       {u'id': 250,
        u'input_steps':
           {u'input1':
              {u'source_step': 252,
               u'step_output': u'output'
               }
           },
        u'tool_id': u'tophat',
        u'type': u'tool'
        },
     u'251':
        {u'id': 251,
         u'input_steps':
            {u'input':
               {u'source_step': 250,
                u'step_output': u'accepted_hits'
                }
            },
         u'tool_id': u'cufflinks',
         u'type': u'tool'
         },
     u'252':
        {u'id': 252,
         u'input_steps': {},
         u'tool_id': None,
         u'type': u'data_input'
         }
     },
 u'url': u'/api/workflows/e8b85ad72aefca86'
 }

Export or import a Workflow¶

Workflows can be exported from or imported into Galaxy as JSON. This makes it possible to archive Workflows, or to move them between Galaxy instances.

To export a workflow, we can call:

>>> workflow_string = gi.workflows.export_workflow_json('e8b85ad72aefca86')

This gives us a (rather long) string with a JSON-encoded representation of the Workflow. We can import this string as a new Workflow with:

>>> gi.workflows.import_workflow_json(workflow_string)
{u'id': u'c0bacafdfe211f9a',
 u'name': u'TopHat + cufflinks part 1 (imported from API)',
 u'url': u'/api/workflows/c0bacafdfe211f9a'}

This call returns a dictionary containing basic metadata on the new Workflow object. Since in this case we have imported the JSON string into the original Galaxy instance, we now have a duplicate of the original Workflow in our account:

>>> gi.workflows.get_workflows()
[{u'id': u'c0bacafdfe211f9a',
  u'name': u'TopHat + cufflinks part 1 (imported from API)',
  u'url': u'/api/workflows/c0bacafdfe211f9a'},
 {u'id': u'e8b85ad72aefca86',
  u'name': u"TopHat + cufflinks part 1",
  u'url': u'/api/workflows/e8b85ad72aefca86'},
 {u'id': u'b0631c44aa74526d',
  u'name': u'CuffDiff',
  u'url': u'/api/workflows/b0631c44aa74526d'}]

Instead of using JSON strings directly, Workflows can be exported to or imported from files on the local disk using the export_workflow_to_local_path and import_workflow_from_local_path methods. See the API reference for details.

NOTE:

If we export a Workflow from one Galaxy instance and import it into another, Galaxy will only run it without modification if it has the same versions of the tool wrappers installed. This is to ensure reproducibility. Otherwise, we will need to manually update the Workflow to use the new tool versions.

Run a Workflow¶

To run a Workflow, we need to tell Galaxy which datasets to use for which workflow inputs. We can use datasets from Histories or Data Libraries.

Examine the Workflow above. We can see that it takes only one input file. That is:

>>> wf = gi.workflows.show_workflow('e8b85ad72aefca86')
>>> wf['inputs']
{u'252':
    {u'label':
        u'Input RNA-seq fastq',
        u'value': u''
    }
}

There is one input, labelled 'Input RNA-seq fastq'. This input is passed to the Tophat tool and should be a fastq file. We will use the dataset we examined above, under View Histories and Datasets, which had name 'C1_R2_1.chr4.fq' and id '10a4b652da44e82a'.

To specify the inputs, we build a data map and pass this to the run_workflow method. This data map is a nested dictionary object which maps inputs to datasets. We call:

>>> datamap = dict()
>>> datamap['252'] = { 'src':'hda', 'id':'10a4b652da44e82a' }
>>> gi.workflows.run_workflow('e8b85ad72aefca86', datamap, history_name='New output history')
{u'history': u'0a7b7992a7cabaec',
 u'outputs': [u'33be8ad9917d9207',
              u'fbee1c2dc793c114',
              u'85866441984f9e28',
              u'1c51aa78d3742386',
              u'a68e8770e52d03b4',
              u'c54baf809e3036ac',
              u'ba0db8ce6cd1fe8f',
              u'c019e4cf08b2ac94'
              ]
}

In this case the only input id is '252' and the corresponding dataset id is '10a4b652da44e82a'. We have specified the dataset source to be 'hda' (HistoryDatasetAssociation) since the dataset is stored in a History. See the API reference for allowed dataset specifications. We have also requested that a new History be created and used to store the results of the run, by setting history_name='New output history'.

The run_workflow call submits all the jobs which need to be run to the Galaxy workflow engine, with the appropriate dependencies so that they will run in order. The call returns immediately, so we can continue to submit new jobs while waiting for this workflow to execute. run_workflow returns the id of the output History and of the datasets that will be created as a result of this run. Note that these dataset ids are valid immediately, so we can specify these datasets as inputs to new jobs even before the files have been created, and the new jobs will be added to the queue with the appropriate dependencies.

If we view the output History immediately after calling run_workflow, we will see something like:

>>> gi.histories.show_history('0a7b7992a7cabaec')
{u'annotation': u'',
 u'contents_url': u'/api/histories/0a7b7992a7cabaec/contents',
 u'id': u'0a7b7992a7cabaec',
 u'name': u'New output history',
 u'nice_size': u'0 bytes',
 u'state': u'queued',
 u'state_details': {u'discarded': 0,
     u'empty': 0,
     u'error': 0,
     u'failed_metadata': 0,
     u'new': 0,
     u'ok': 0,
     u'paused': 0,
     u'queued': 8,
     u'running': 0,
     u'setting_metadata': 0,
     u'upload': 0},
 u'state_ids': {u'discarded': [],
     u'empty': [],
     u'error': [],
     u'failed_metadata': [],
     u'new': [],
     u'ok': [],
     u'paused': [],
     u'queued': [u'33be8ad9917d9207',
                 u'fbee1c2dc793c114',
                 u'85866441984f9e28',
                 u'1c51aa78d3742386',
                 u'a68e8770e52d03b4',
                 u'c54baf809e3036ac',
                 u'ba0db8ce6cd1fe8f',
                 u'c019e4cf08b2ac94'],
     u'running': [],
     u'setting_metadata': [],
     u'upload': []
    }
}

In this case, because the submitted jobs have not had time to run, the output History contains 8 datasets in the 'queued' state and has a total size of 0 bytes. If we make this call again later we should instead see completed output files.

View Users¶

Methods for managing users are grouped under GalaxyInstance.users.*. User management is only available to Galaxy administrators, that is, the API key used to connect to Galaxy must be that of an admin account.

To get a list of users, call:

>>> gi.users.get_users()
[{u'email': u'userA@unimelb.edu.au',
  u'id': u'975a9ce09b49502a',
  u'quota_percent': None,
  u'url': u'/api/users/975a9ce09b49502a'},
 {u'email': u'userB@student.unimelb.edu.au',
  u'id': u'0193a95acf427d2c',
  u'quota_percent': None,
  u'url': u'/api/users/0193a95acf427d2c'}]

Toolshed API¶

API used to interact with the Galaxy Toolshed, including repository management.

API documentation for interacting with the Galaxy Toolshed¶

ToolShedInstance¶

class bioblend.toolshed.ToolShedInstance(url, key='', email=None, password=None): A base representation of an instance of ToolShed, identified by a URL and a user's API key.
After you have created an ToolShed object, access various modules via the class fields (see the source for the most up-to-date list): repositories are the minimum set supported. For example, to work with a repositories, and get a list of all the public repositories, the following should be done:

from bioblend import toolshed
ts = toolshed.ToolShedInstance(url='http://testtoolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu')
rl = ts.repositories.get_repositories()
tools = ts.tools.search_tools('fastq')

Parameters

url (str) -- A FQDN or IP for a given instance of ToolShed. For example: http://testtoolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu
key (str) -- If required, user's API key for the given instance of ToolShed, obtained from the user preferences.

__init__(url, key='', email=None, password=None): A base representation of an instance of ToolShed, identified by a URL and a user's API key.
After you have created an ToolShed object, access various modules via the class fields (see the source for the most up-to-date list): repositories are the minimum set supported. For example, to work with a repositories, and get a list of all the public repositories, the following should be done:

from bioblend import toolshed
ts = toolshed.ToolShedInstance(url='http://testtoolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu')
rl = ts.repositories.get_repositories()
tools = ts.tools.search_tools('fastq')

Parameters

url (str) -- A FQDN or IP for a given instance of ToolShed. For example: http://testtoolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu
key (str) -- If required, user's API key for the given instance of ToolShed, obtained from the user preferences.

Repositories¶

Interaction with a Tool Shed instance repositories

class bioblend.toolshed.repositories.ToolShedClient(toolshed_instance)

create_repository(name, synopsis, description=None, type='unrestricted', remote_repository_url=None, homepage_url=None, category_ids=None): Create a new repository in a Tool Shed

Parameters

name (str) -- Name of the repository
synopsis (str) -- Synopsis of the repository
description (str) -- Optional description of the repository
type (str) -- type of the repository. One of "unrestricted", "repository_suite_definition", or "tool_dependency_definition"
remote_repository_url (str) -- Remote URL (e.g. github/bitbucket repository)
homepage_url (str) -- Upstream's homepage for the project.
category_ids (list) -- List of encoded category IDs

Return type: dict
Returns: a dictionary containing information about the new repository. For example:

{
    "deleted": false,
    "deprecated": false,
    "description": "new_synopsis",
    "homepage_url": "https://github.com/galaxyproject/",
    "id": "8cf91205f2f737f4",
    "long_description": "this is some repository",
    "model_class": "Repository",
    "name": "new_repo_17",
    "owner": "qqqqqq",
    "private": false,
    "remote_repository_url": "https://github.com/galaxyproject/tools-devteam",
    "times_downloaded": 0,
    "type": "unrestricted",
    "user_id": "adb5f5c93f827949"
}

get_categories(): Returns a list of dictionaries that contain descriptions of the repository categories found on the given Tool Shed instance.

Return type: list
Returns: A list of dictionaries containing information about repository categories present in the Tool Shed. For example:

[{u'deleted': False,
  u'description': u'Tools for manipulating data',
  u'id': u'175812cd7caaf439',
  u'model_class': u'Category',
  u'name': u'Text Manipulation',
  u'url': u'/api/categories/175812cd7caaf439'},]

New in version 0.5.2.

get_ordered_installable_revisions(name, owner): Returns the ordered list of changeset revision hash strings that are associated with installable revisions. As in the changelog, the list is ordered oldest to newest.

Parameters

name (str) -- the name of the repository
owner (str) -- the owner of the repository

Return type: list
Returns: List of changeset revision hash string from oldest to newest

get_repositories(): Get a list of all the repositories in a Galaxy Tool Shed

Return type: list
Returns: Returns a list of dictionaries containing information about repositories present in the Tool Shed. For example:

[{u'times_downloaded': 0, u'user_id': u'5cefd48bc04af6d4',
u'description': u'Order Contigs', u'deleted': False,
u'deprecated': False, u'private': False,
u'url': u'/api/repositories/287bd69f724b99ce',
u'owner': u'billybob', u'id': u'287bd69f724b99ce',
u'name': u'best_tool_ever'}]

Changed in version 0.4.1: Changed method name from get_tools to get_repositories to better align with the Tool Shed concepts

get_repository_revision_install_info(name, owner, changeset_revision): Return a list of dictionaries of metadata about a certain changeset revision for a single tool.

Parameters

name (str) -- the name of the repository
owner (str) -- the owner of the repository
changeset_revision (str) -- the changset_revision of the RepositoryMetadata object associated with the repository

Return type: List of dictionaries
Returns

Returns a list of the following dictionaries:

a dictionary defining the repository
a dictionary defining the repository revision (RepositoryMetadata)
a dictionary including the additional information required to install the repository

For example:

[{u'times_downloaded': 269, u'user_id': u'1de29d50c3c44272', u'description': u'Galaxy Freebayes Bayesian genetic variant detector tool', u'deleted': False, u'deprecated': False, u'private': False, u'long_description': u'Galaxy Freebayes Bayesian genetic variant detector tool originally included in the Galaxy code distribution but migrated to the tool shed.', u'url': u'/api/repositories/491b7a3fddf9366f', u'owner': u'devteam', u'id': u'491b7a3fddf9366f', u'name': u'freebayes'},
{u'repository_id': u'491b7a3fddf9366f', u'has_repository_dependencies': False, u'includes_tools_for_display_in_tool_panel': True, u'url': u'/api/repository_revisions/504be8aaa652c154', u'malicious': False, u'includes_workflows': False, u'downloadable': True, u'includes_tools': True, u'changeset_revision': u'd291dc763c4c', u'id': u'504be8aaa652c154', u'includes_tool_dependencies': True, u'includes_datatypes': False}, {u'freebayes': [u'Galaxy Freebayes Bayesian genetic variant detector tool', u'http://takadonet@toolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu/repos/devteam/freebayes', u'd291dc763c4c', u'9', u'devteam', {},
{u'freebayes/0.9.6_9608597d12e127c847ae03aa03440ab63992fedf': {u'repository_name': u'freebayes', u'name': u'freebayes', u'readme': u'FreeBayes requires g++ and the standard C and C++ development libraries. Additionally, cmake is required for building the BamTools API.', u'version': u'0.9.6_9608597d12e127c847ae03aa03440ab63992fedf', u'repository_owner': u'devteam', u'changeset_revision': u'd291dc763c4c', u'type': u'package'}, u'samtools/0.1.18': {u'repository_name': u'freebayes', u'name': u'samtools', u'readme': u'Compiling SAMtools requires the ncurses and zlib development libraries.', u'version': u'0.1.18', u'repository_owner': u'devteam', u'changeset_revision': u'd291dc763c4c', u'type': u'package'}}]}]

repository_revisions(downloadable=None, malicious=None, tools_functionally_correct=None, missing_test_components=None, do_not_test=None, includes_tools=None, test_install_error=None, skip_tool_test=None): Returns a (possibly filtered) list of dictionaries that include information about all repository revisions. The following parameters can be used to filter the list.

Parameters

downloadable (Boolean) -- Can the tool be downloaded
malicious (Boolean) --
tools_functionally_correct (Boolean) --
missing_test_components (Boolean) --
do_not_test (Boolean) --
includes_tools (Boolean) --
test_install_error (Boolean) --
skip_tool_test (Boolean) --

Return type: List of dictionaries
Returns: Returns a (possibly filtered) list of dictionaries that include information about all repository revisions. For example:

[{u'repository_id': u'78f2604ff5e65707', u'has_repository_dependencies': False, u'includes_tools_for_display_in_tool_panel': True, u'url': u'/api/repository_revisions/92250afff777a169', u'malicious': False, u'includes_workflows': False, u'downloadable': True, u'includes_tools': True, u'changeset_revision': u'6e26c5a48e9a', u'id': u'92250afff777a169', u'includes_tool_dependencies': False, u'includes_datatypes': False},
{u'repository_id': u'f9662009da7bfce0', u'has_repository_dependencies': False, u'includes_tools_for_display_in_tool_panel': True, u'url': u'/api/repository_revisions/d3823c748ae2205d', u'malicious': False, u'includes_workflows': False, u'downloadable': True, u'includes_tools': True, u'changeset_revision': u'15a54fa11ad7', u'id': u'd3823c748ae2205d', u'includes_tool_dependencies': False, u'includes_datatypes': False}]

search_repositories(q, page=1, page_size=10): Search for repositories in a Galaxy Tool Shed

Parameters

q (str) -- query string for searching purposes
page (int) -- page requested
page_size (int) -- page size requested

Return type: dict
Returns: dictionary containing search hits as well as metadata for the search example: { u'hits': [

{: u'matched_terms': [], u'repository':

{: u'approved': u'no', u'description': u'Convert export file to fastq', u'full_last_updated': u'2015-01-18 09:48 AM', u'homepage_url': None, u'id': u'bdfa208f0cf6504e', u'last_updated': u'less than a year', u'long_description': u'This is a simple too to convert Solexas Export files to FASTQ files. The tool installation needs to add a new Export file type, the new class is included in the README file as a patch.', u'name': u'export_to_fastq', u'remote_repository_url': None, u'repo_owner_username': u'louise', u'times_downloaded': 164

u'score': 4.92

{

u'matched_terms': [], u'repository':

{: u'approved': u'no', u'description': u'Convert BAM file to fastq', u'full_last_updated': u'2015-04-07 11:57 AM', u'homepage_url': None, u'id': u'175812cd7caaf439', u'last_updated': u'less than a month', u'long_description': u'Use Picards SamToFastq to convert a BAM file to fastq. Useful for storing reads as BAM in Galaxy and converting to fastq when needed for analysis.', u'name': u'bam_to_fastq', u'remote_repository_url': None, u'repo_owner_username': u'brad-chapman', u'times_downloaded': 138

u'score': 4.14

}

], u'hostname': u'https://testtoolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu/', u'page': u'1', u'page_size': u'2', u'total_results': u'64' }

show_repository(toolShed_id): Display information of a repository from Tool Shed

Parameters: toolShed_id (str) -- Encoded toolShed ID
Return type: dictionary
Returns: Information about the tool For example:

{{u'times_downloaded': 0, u'user_id': u'5cefd48bc04af6d4',
u'description': u'Order Contigs', u'deleted': False,
u'deprecated': False, u'private': False,
u'url': u'/api/repositories/287bd69f724b99ce',
u'owner': u'billybob', u'id': u'287bd69f724b99ce',
u'name': u'best_tool_ever'}

Changed in version 0.4.1: Changed method name from show_tool to show_repository to better align with the Tool Shed concepts

show_repository_revision(metadata_id): Returns a dictionary that includes information about a specified repository revision.

Parameters: metadata_id (str) -- Encoded repository metadata ID
Return type: dictionary
Returns: Returns a dictionary that includes information about a specified repository revision. For example:

{u'repository_id': u'491b7a3fddf9366f',
 u'has_repository_dependencies': False,
 u'includes_tools_for_display_in_tool_panel': True,
 u'test_install_error': False,
 u'url': u'/api/repository_revisions/504be8aaa652c154',
 u'malicious': False,
 u'includes_workflows': False,
 u'id': u'504be8aaa652c154',
 u'do_not_test': False,
 u'downloadable': True,
 u'includes_tools': True,
 u'tool_test_results': {u'missing_test_components': [],,
 u'includes_datatypes': False}

update_repository(id, tar_ball_path, commit_message=None): Update the contents of a tool shed repository with specified tar ball.

Parameters

id (str) -- Encoded repository ID
tar_ball_path (str) -- Path to file containing tar ball to upload.
commit_message (str) -- Commit message used for underlying mercurial repository backing tool shed repository.

Return type: dict
Returns: Returns a dictionary that includes repository content warnings. Most valid uploads will result in no such warning and an exception will be raised generally if there are problems.
For example a successful upload will look like:

{u'content_alert': u'', u'message': u''}

New in version 0.5.2.

CONFIGURATION¶

BioBlend allows library-wide configuration to be set in external files. These configuration files can be used to specify access keys, for example.

Configuration documents for BioBlend¶

BioBlend¶

class bioblend.NullHandler(level=0): Initializes the instance - basically setting the formatter to None and the filter list to empty.

emit(record)

bioblend.get_version(): Returns a string with the current version of the library (e.g., "0.2.0")

bioblend.init_logging(): Initialize BioBlend's logging from a configuration file.

bioblend.set_file_logger(name, filepath, level=20, format_string=None)

bioblend.set_stream_logger(name, level=10, format_string=None)

Config¶

class bioblend.config.Config(path=None, fp=None, do_load=True): BioBlend allows library-wide configuration to be set in external files. These configuration files can be used to specify access keys, for example. By default we use two locations for the BioBlend configurations:

System wide: /etc/bioblend.cfg
Individual user: ~/.bioblend (which works on both Windows and Unix)

get(section, name, default=None)

get_value(section, name, default=None)

getbool(section, name, default=False)

getfloat(section, name, default=0.0)

getint(section, name, default=0)

TESTING¶

If you'd like to do more than just a mock test, you'll want to point BioBlend to an instance of Galaxy. Do so by exporting the following two variables:

$ export BIOBLEND_GALAXY_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8080
$ export BIOBLEND_GALAXY_API_KEY=<API key>

The unit tests, stored in the tests folder, can be run using nose. From the project root:

$ nosetests

GETTING HELP¶

If you've run into issues, found a bug, or can't seem to find an answer to your question regarding the use and functionality of BioBlend, please use Github Issues page to ask your question.

INDICES AND TABLES¶

genindex
modindex
search

AUTHOR¶

Enis Afgan

COPYRIGHT¶

2012-2016, Enis Afgan

July 6, 2016

0.7.0

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NAME¶

ABOUT¶

INSTALLATION¶

USAGE¶

DEVELOPMENT¶

API DOCUMENTATION¶

CloudMan API¶

API documentation for interacting with CloudMan¶

CloudManLauncher¶

CloudManInstance¶

Usage documentation¶

Setting up custom cloud properties¶

Launching a new cluster instance¶

Manipulating an existing cluster¶

Galaxy API¶

API documentation for interacting with Galaxy¶

GalaxyInstance¶

Config¶

Datasets¶

Datatypes¶

Folders¶

Forms¶

FTP files¶

Genomes¶

Groups¶

Histories¶

Jobs¶

Libraries¶

Quotas¶

Roles¶

Tools¶

Tool data tables¶

ToolShed¶

Users¶

Visual¶

Workflows¶

Object-oriented Galaxy API¶

Client¶

Wrappers¶

Usage documentation¶

Connect to a Galaxy server¶

View Histories and Datasets¶

Uploading Datasets to a History¶

View Data Libraries¶

Upload files to a Data Library¶

View Workflows¶

Export or import a Workflow¶

Run a Workflow¶

View Users¶

Toolshed API¶

API documentation for interacting with the Galaxy Toolshed¶

ToolShedInstance¶

Repositories¶

CONFIGURATION¶

Configuration documents for BioBlend¶

BioBlend¶

Config¶

TESTING¶

GETTING HELP¶

RELATED DOCUMENTATION¶

INDICES AND TABLES¶

AUTHOR¶

COPYRIGHT¶