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1 Note as at August 8 2020
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3 Until a PR is accepted, galaxyxml requires a small tweak - you will need to install
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4 ```
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5 https://github.com/fubar2/galaxyxml
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6 ```
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7 instead into the virtualenv used to run galaxy and when using planemo, the
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9 ```
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10 --skip_venv
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11 ```
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13 flag must be used.
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16 *WARNING before you start*
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18 Install this tool on a private Galaxy ONLY
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19 Please NEVER on a public or production instance
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21 Updated august 2014 by John Chilton adding citation support
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23 Updated august 8 2014 to fix bugs reported by Marius van den Beek
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25 Please cite the resource at
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26 http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/bts573?ijkey=lczQh1sWrMwdYWJ&keytype=ref
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27 if you use this tool in your published work.
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29 **Short Story**
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31 This is an unusual Galaxy tool capable of generating new Galaxy tools.
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32 It works by exposing *unrestricted* and therefore extremely dangerous scripting
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33 to all designated administrators of the host Galaxy server, allowing them to
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34 run scripts in R, python, sh and perl over multiple selected input data sets,
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35 writing a single new data set as output.
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37 *You have a working r/python/perl/bash script or any executable with positional or argparse style parameters*
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39 It can be turned into an ordinary Galaxy tool in minutes, using a Galaxy tool.
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42 **Automated generation of new Galaxy tools for installation into any Galaxy**
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44 A test is generated using small sample test data inputs and parameter settings you supply.
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45 Once the test case outputs have been produced, they can be used to build a
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46 new Galaxy tool. The supplied script or executable is baked as a requirement
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47 into a new, ordinary Galaxy tool, fully workflow compatible out of the box.
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48 Generated tools are installed via a tool shed by an administrator
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49 and work exactly like all other Galaxy tools for your users.
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51 **More Detail**
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53 To use the ToolFactory, you should have prepared a script to paste into a
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54 text box, or have a package in mind and a small test input example ready to select from your history
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55 to test your new script.
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57 ```planemo test --no_cleanup --no_dependency_resolution --skip_venv --galaxy_root ~/galaxy ~/rossgit/toolfactory``` works for me
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59 There is an example in each scripting language on the Tool Factory form. You
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60 can just cut and paste these to try it out - remember to select the right
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61 interpreter please. You'll also need to create a small test data set using
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62 the Galaxy history add new data tool.
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64 If the script fails somehow, use the "redo" button on the tool output in
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65 your history to recreate the form complete with broken script. Fix the bug
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66 and execute again. Rinse, wash, repeat.
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68 Once the script runs sucessfully, a new Galaxy tool that runs your script
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69 can be generated. Select the "generate" option and supply some help text and
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70 names. The new tool will be generated in the form of a new Galaxy datatype
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71 *tgz* - as the name suggests, it's an archive ready to upload to a
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72 Galaxy ToolShed as a new tool repository.
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74 Until tgz is added to the galaxy distribution datatypes you will need to add the following:
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75 <datatype extension="tgz" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:Binary" subclass="true" mimetype="multipart/x-gzip" display_in_upload="true" />
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77 to::
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78 [galaxyroot]/config/datatypes_conf.xml
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80 Once it's in a ToolShed, it can be installed into any local Galaxy server
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81 from the server administrative interface.
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83 Once the new tool is installed, local users can run it - each time, the script
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84 that was supplied when it was built will be executed with the input chosen
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85 from the user's history. In other words, the tools you generate with the
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86 ToolFactory run just like any other Galaxy tool,but run your script every time.
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88 Tool factory tools are perfect for workflow components. One input, one output,
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91 *To fully and safely exploit the awesome power* of this tool,
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92 Galaxy and the ToolShed, you should be a developer installing this
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93 tool on a private/personal/scratch local instance where you are an
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94 admin_user. Then, if you break it, you get to keep all the pieces see
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95 https://bitbucket.org/fubar/galaxytoolfactory/wiki/Home
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97 **Installation**
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98 This is a Galaxy tool. You can install it most conveniently using the
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99 administrative "Search and browse tool sheds" link. Find the Galaxy Main
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100 toolshed at https://toolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu/ and search for the toolfactory
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101 repository. Open it and review the code and select the option to install it.
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103 If you can't get the tool that way, the xml and py files here need to be
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104 copied into a new tools
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105 subdirectory such as tools/toolfactory Your tool_conf.xml needs a new entry
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106 pointing to the xml
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107 file - something like::
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109 <section name="Tool building tools" id="toolbuilders">
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113 If not already there,
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120 **Restricted execution**
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122 The tool factory tool itself will then be usable ONLY by admin users -
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123 people with IDs in admin_users in universe_wsgi.ini **Yes, that's right. ONLY
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124 admin_users can run this tool** Think about it for a moment. If allowed to
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125 run any arbitrary script on your Galaxy server, the only thing that would
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126 impede a miscreant bent on destroying all your Galaxy data would probably
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129 **What it does**
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131 This is a tool factory for simple scripts in python, R and
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132 perl currently. Functional tests are automatically generated. How cool is that.
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134 LIMITED to simple scripts that read one input from the history. Optionally can
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135 write one new history dataset, and optionally collect any number of outputs
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136 into links on an autogenerated HTML index page for the user to navigate -
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137 useful if the script writes images and output files - pdf outputs are shown
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138 as thumbnails and R's bloated pdf's are shrunk with ghostscript so that and
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139 imagemagik need to be available.
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141 Generated tools can be edited and enhanced like any Galaxy tool, so start
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142 small and build up since a generated script gets you a serious leg up to a
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145 **What you do**
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147 You paste and run your script, you fix the syntax errors and
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148 eventually it runs. You can use the redo button and edit the script before
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149 trying to rerun it as you debug - it works pretty well.
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151 Once the script works on some test data, you can generate a toolshed compatible
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152 gzip file containing your script ready to run as an ordinary Galaxy tool in
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153 a repository on your local toolshed. That means safe and largely automated
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154 installation in any production Galaxy configured to use your toolshed.
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156 **Generated tool Security**
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158 Once you install a generated tool, it's just
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159 another tool - assuming the script is safe. They just run normally and their
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160 user cannot do anything unusually insecure but please, practice safe toolshed.
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161 Read the code before you install any tool. Especially this one - it is really scary.
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163 **Send Code**
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165 Patches and suggestions welcome as bitbucket issues please?
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167 **Attribution**
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169 Creating re-usable tools from scripts: The Galaxy Tool Factory
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170 Ross Lazarus; Antony Kaspi; Mark Ziemann; The Galaxy Team
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171 Bioinformatics 2012; doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bts573
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173 http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/bts573?ijkey=lczQh1sWrMwdYWJ&keytype=ref
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175 **Licensing**
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177 Copyright Ross Lazarus 2010
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178 ross lazarus at g mail period com
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180 All rights reserved.
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182 Licensed under the LGPL
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184 **Obligatory screenshot**
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