Raw content of Bio::DB::WebDBSeqI # $Id: WebDBSeqI.pm,v 1.30.2.1 2003/06/12 09:29:38 heikki Exp $ # # BioPerl module for Bio::DB::WebDBSeqI # # Cared for by Jason Stajich <jason@bioperl.org> # # Copyright Jason Stajich # # You may distribute this module under the same terms as perl itself # # POD documentation - main docs before the code # =head1 NAME Bio::DB::WebDBSeqI - Object Interface to generalize Web Databases for retrieving sequences =head1 SYNOPSIS # get a WebDBSeqI object somehow # assuming it is a nucleotide db my $seq = $db->get_Seq_by_id('ROA1_HUMAN') =head1 DESCRIPTION Provides core set of functionality for connecting to a web based database for retriving sequences. Users wishing to add another Web Based Sequence Dabatase will need to extend this class (see Bio::DB::SwissProt or Bio::DB::NCBIHelper for examples) and implement the get_request method which returns a HTTP::Request for the specified uids (accessions, ids, etc depending on what query types the database accepts). =head1 FEEDBACK =head2 Mailing Lists User feedback is an integral part of the evolution of this and other Bioperl modules. Send your comments and suggestions preferably to one of the Bioperl mailing lists. Your participation is much appreciated. bioperl-l@bioperl.org - General discussion http://bioperl.org/MailList.shtml - About the mailing lists =head2 Reporting Bugs Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via email or the web: bioperl-bugs@bio.perl.org http://bugzilla.bioperl.org/ =head1 AUTHOR - Jason Stajich Email E<lt> jason@bioperl.org E<gt> =head1 APPENDIX The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _ =cut # Let the code begin... package Bio::DB::WebDBSeqI; use strict; use vars qw(@ISA $MODVERSION %RETRIEVAL_TYPES $DEFAULT_RETRIEVAL_TYPE $DEFAULTFORMAT $LAST_INVOCATION_TIME); use Bio::DB::RandomAccessI; use Bio::SeqIO; use Bio::Root::IO; use LWP::UserAgent; use HTTP::Request::Common; use HTTP::Response; use File::Spec; use IO::String; use Bio::Root::Root; @ISA = qw(Bio::DB::RandomAccessI); BEGIN { $MODVERSION = '0.8'; %RETRIEVAL_TYPES = ( 'io_string' => 1, 'tempfile' => 1, 'pipeline' => 1, ); $DEFAULT_RETRIEVAL_TYPE = 'pipeline'; $DEFAULTFORMAT = 'fasta'; $LAST_INVOCATION_TIME = 0; } sub new { my ($class, @args) = @_; my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@args); my ($baseaddress, $params, $ret_type, $format,$delay,$db) = $self->_rearrange([qw(BASEADDRESS PARAMS RETRIEVALTYPE FORMAT DELAY DB)], @args); $ret_type = $DEFAULT_RETRIEVAL_TYPE unless ( $ret_type); $baseaddress && $self->url_base_address($baseaddress); $params && $self->url_params($params); $db && $self->db($db); $ret_type && $self->retrieval_type($ret_type); $delay = $self->delay_policy unless defined $delay; $self->delay($delay); # insure we always have a default format set for retrieval # even though this will be immedietly overwritten by most sub classes $format = $self->default_format unless ( defined $format && $format ne '' ); $self->request_format($format); my $ua = new LWP::UserAgent; $ua->agent(ref($self) ."/$MODVERSION"); $self->ua($ua); $self->{'_authentication'} = []; return $self; } # from Bio::DB::RandomAccessI =head2 get_Seq_by_id Title : get_Seq_by_id Usage : $seq = $db->get_Seq_by_id('ROA1_HUMAN') Function: Gets a Bio::Seq object by its name Returns : a Bio::Seq object Args : the id (as a string) of a sequence Throws : "id does not exist" exception =cut sub get_Seq_by_id { my ($self,$seqid) = @_; $self->_sleep; my $seqio = $self->get_Stream_by_id([$seqid]); $self->throw("id does not exist") if( !defined $seqio ) ; my @seqs; while( my $seq = $seqio->next_seq() ) { push @seqs, $seq; } $self->throw("id does not exist") unless @seqs; if( wantarray ) { return @seqs } else { return shift @seqs } } =head2 get_Seq_by_acc Title : get_Seq_by_acc Usage : $seq = $db->get_Seq_by_acc('X77802'); Function: Gets a Bio::Seq object by accession number Returns : A Bio::Seq object Args : accession number (as a string) Throws : "acc does not exist" exception =cut sub get_Seq_by_acc { my ($self,$seqid) = @_; $self->_sleep; my $seqio = $self->get_Stream_by_acc($seqid); $self->throw("acc does not exist") if( ! defined $seqio ); my @seqs; while( my $seq = $seqio->next_seq() ) { push @seqs, $seq; } $self->throw("acc does not exist") unless @seqs; if( wantarray ) { return @seqs } else { return shift @seqs } } =head2 get_Seq_by_gi Title : get_Seq_by_gi Usage : $seq = $db->get_Seq_by_gi('405830'); Function: Gets a Bio::Seq object by gi number Returns : A Bio::Seq object Args : gi number (as a string) Throws : "gi does not exist" exception =cut sub get_Seq_by_gi { my ($self,$seqid) = @_; $self->_sleep; my $seqio = $self->get_Stream_by_gi($seqid); $self->throw("gi does not exist") if( !defined $seqio ); my @seqs; while( my $seq = $seqio->next_seq() ) { push @seqs, $seq; } $self->throw("gi does not exist") unless @seqs; if( wantarray ) { return @seqs } else { return shift @seqs } } =head2 get_Seq_by_version Title : get_Seq_by_version Usage : $seq = $db->get_Seq_by_version('X77802.1'); Function: Gets a Bio::Seq object by sequence version Returns : A Bio::Seq object Args : accession.version (as a string) Throws : "acc.version does not exist" exception =cut sub get_Seq_by_version { my ($self,$seqid) = @_; $self->_sleep; my $seqio = $self->get_Stream_by_version($seqid); $self->throw("accession.version does not exist") if( !defined $seqio ); my @seqs; while( my $seq = $seqio->next_seq() ) { push @seqs, $seq; } $self->throw("accession.version does not exist") unless @seqs; if( wantarray ) { return @seqs } else { return shift @seqs } } # implementing class must define these =head2 get_request Title : get_request Usage : my $url = $self->get_request Function: returns a HTTP::Request object Returns : Args : %qualifiers = a hash of qualifiers (ids, format, etc) =cut sub get_request { my ($self) = @_; my $msg = "Implementing class must define method get_request in class WebDBSeqI"; $self->throw($msg); } # class methods =head2 get_Stream_by_id Title : get_Stream_by_id Usage : $stream = $db->get_Stream_by_id( [$uid1, $uid2] ); Function: Gets a series of Seq objects by unique identifiers Returns : a Bio::SeqIO stream object Args : $ref : a reference to an array of unique identifiers for the desired sequence entries =cut sub get_Stream_by_id { my ($self, $ids) = @_; my ($webfmt,$localfmt) = $self->request_format; return $self->get_seq_stream('-uids' => $ids, '-mode' => 'single', '-format' => $webfmt); } *get_Stream_by_batch = sub { my $self = shift; $self->deprecated('get_Stream_by_batch() is deprecated; use get_Stream_by_id() instead'); $self->get_Stream_by_id(@_) }; =head2 get_Stream_by_acc Title : get_Stream_by_acc Usage : $seq = $db->get_Stream_by_acc([$acc1, $acc2]); Function: Gets a series of Seq objects by accession numbers Returns : a Bio::SeqIO stream object Args : $ref : a reference to an array of accession numbers for the desired sequence entries Note : For GenBank, this just calls the same code for get_Stream_by_id() =cut sub get_Stream_by_acc { my ($self, $ids ) = @_; return $self->get_seq_stream('-uids' => $ids, '-mode' => 'single'); } =head2 get_Stream_by_gi Title : get_Stream_by_gi Usage : $seq = $db->get_Stream_by_gi([$gi1, $gi2]); Function: Gets a series of Seq objects by gi numbers Returns : a Bio::SeqIO stream object Args : $ref : a reference to an array of gi numbers for the desired sequence entries Note : For GenBank, this just calls the same code for get_Stream_by_id() =cut sub get_Stream_by_gi { my ($self, $ids ) = @_; return $self->get_seq_stream('-uids' => $ids, '-mode' => 'gi'); } =head2 get_Stream_by_version Title : get_Stream_by_version Usage : $seq = $db->get_Stream_by_version([$version1, $version2]); Function: Gets a series of Seq objects by accession.versions Returns : a Bio::SeqIO stream object Args : $ref : a reference to an array of accession.version strings for the desired sequence entries Note : For GenBank, this is implemeted in NCBIHelper =cut sub get_Stream_by_version { my ($self, $ids ) = @_; # $self->throw("Implementing class should define this method!"); return $self->get_seq_stream('-uids' => $ids, '-mode' => 'version'); # how it should work } =head2 get_Stream_by_query Title : get_Stream_by_query Usage : $stream = $db->get_Stream_by_query($query); Function: Gets a series of Seq objects by way of a query string or oject Returns : a Bio::SeqIO stream object Args : $query : A string that uses the appropriate query language for the database or a Bio::DB::QueryI object. It is suggested that you create the Bio::DB::Query object first and interrogate it for the entry count before you fetch a potentially large stream. =cut sub get_Stream_by_query { my ($self, $query ) = @_; return $self->get_seq_stream('-query' => $query, '-mode'=>'query'); } =head2 default_format Title : default_format Usage : my $format = $self->default_format Function: Returns default sequence format for this module Returns : string Args : none =cut sub default_format { return $DEFAULTFORMAT; } # sorry, but this is hacked in because of BioFetch problems... sub db { my $self = shift; my $d = $self->{_db}; $self->{_db} = shift if @_; $d; } =head2 request_format Title : request_format Usage : my ($req_format, $ioformat) = $self->request_format; $self->request_format("genbank"); $self->request_format("fasta"); Function: Get/Set sequence format retrieval. The get-form will normally not be used outside of this and derived modules. Returns : Array of two strings, the first representing the format for retrieval, and the second specifying the corresponding SeqIO format. Args : $format = sequence format =cut sub request_format { my ($self, $value) = @_; if( defined $value ) { $self->{'_format'} = [ $value, $value]; } return @{$self->{'_format'}}; } =head2 get_seq_stream Title : get_seq_stream Usage : my $seqio = $self->get_seq_sream(%qualifiers) Function: builds a url and queries a web db Returns : a Bio::SeqIO stream capable of producing sequence Args : %qualifiers = a hash qualifiers that the implementing class will process to make a url suitable for web querying =cut sub get_seq_stream { my ($self, %qualifiers) = @_; my ($rformat, $ioformat) = $self->request_format(); my $seen = 0; foreach my $key ( keys %qualifiers ) { if( $key =~ /format/i ) { $rformat = $qualifiers{$key}; $seen = 1; } } $qualifiers{'-format'} = $rformat if( !$seen); ($rformat, $ioformat) = $self->request_format($rformat); my $request = $self->get_request(%qualifiers); $request->proxy_authorization_basic($self->authentication) if ( $self->authentication); $self->debug("request is ". $request->as_string(). "\n"); # workaround for MSWin systems $self->retrieval_type('io_string') if $self->retrieval_type =~ /pipeline/ && $^O =~ /^MSWin/; if ($self->retrieval_type =~ /pipeline/) { # Try to create a stream using POSIX fork-and-pipe facility. # this is a *big* win when fetching thousands of sequences from # a web database because we can return the first entry while # transmission is still in progress. # Also, no need to keep sequence in memory or in a temporary file. # If this fails (Windows, MacOS 9), we fall back to non-pipelined access. # fork and pipe: _stream_request()=><STREAM> my $result = eval { open(STREAM,"-|") }; if (defined $result) { $DB::fork_TTY = '/dev/null'; # prevents complaints from debugger if (!$result) { # in child process $self->_stream_request($request); kill 9=>$$; # to prevent END{} blocks from executing in forked children exit 0; } else { return Bio::SeqIO->new('-verbose' => $self->verbose, '-format' => $ioformat, '-fh' => \*STREAM); } } else { $self->retrieval_type('io_string'); } } if ($self->retrieval_type =~ /temp/i) { my $dir = $self->io->tempdir( CLEANUP => 1); my ( $fh, $tmpfile) = $self->io()->tempfile( DIR => $dir ); close $fh; my $resp = $self->_request($request, $tmpfile); if( ! -e $tmpfile || -z $tmpfile || ! $resp->is_success() ) { $self->throw("WebDBSeqI Error - check query sequences!\n"); } $self->postprocess_data('type' => 'file', 'location' => $tmpfile); # this may get reset when requesting batch mode ($rformat,$ioformat) = $self->request_format(); if( $self->verbose > 0 ) { open(ERR, "<$tmpfile"); while(<ERR>) { $self->debug($_);} } return Bio::SeqIO->new('-verbose' => $self->verbose, '-format' => $ioformat, '-file' => $tmpfile); } if ($self->retrieval_type =~ /io_string/i ) { my $resp = $self->_request($request); my $content = $resp->content_ref; $self->debug( "content is $$content\n"); if (!$resp->is_success() || length($$content) == 0) { $self->throw("WebDBSeqI Error - check query sequences!\n"); } ($rformat,$ioformat) = $self->request_format(); $self->postprocess_data('type'=> 'string', 'location' => $content); $self->debug( "str is $$content\n"); return Bio::SeqIO->new('-verbose' => $self->verbose, '-format' => $ioformat, '-fh' => new IO::String($$content)); } # if we got here, we don't know how to handle the retrieval type $self->throw("retrieval type " . $self->retrieval_type . " unsupported\n"); } =head2 url_base_address Title : url_base_address Usage : my $address = $self->url_base_address or $self->url_base_address($address) Function: Get/Set the base URL for the Web Database Returns : Base URL for the Web Database Args : $address - URL for the WebDatabase =cut sub url_base_address { my $self = shift; my $d = $self->{'_baseaddress'}; $self->{'_baseaddress'} = shift if @_; $d; } =head2 proxy Title : proxy Usage : $httpproxy = $db->proxy('http') or $db->proxy(['http','ftp'], 'http://myproxy' ) Function: Get/Set a proxy for use of proxy Returns : a string indicating the proxy Args : $protocol : an array ref of the protocol(s) to set/get $proxyurl : url of the proxy to use for the specified protocol $username : username (if proxy requires authentication) $password : password (if proxy requires authentication) =cut sub proxy { my ($self,$protocol,$proxy,$username,$password) = @_; return undef if ( !defined $self->ua || !defined $protocol || !defined $proxy ); $self->authentication($username, $password) if ($username && $password); return $self->ua->proxy($protocol,$proxy); } =head2 authentication Title : authentication Usage : $db->authentication($user,$pass) Function: Get/Set authentication credentials Returns : Array of user/pass Args : Array or user/pass =cut sub authentication{ my ($self,$u,$p) = @_; if( defined $u && defined $p ) { $self->{'_authentication'} = [ $u,$p]; } return @{$self->{'_authentication'}}; } =head2 retrieval_type Title : retrieval_type Usage : $self->retrieval_type($type); my $type = $self->retrieval_type Function: Get/Set a proxy for retrieval_type (pipeline, io_string or tempfile) Returns : string representing retrieval type Args : $value - the value to store This setting affects how the data stream from the remote web server is processed and passed to the Bio::SeqIO layer. Three types of retrieval types are currently allowed: pipeline Perform a fork in an attempt to begin streaming while the data is still downloading from the remote server. Disk, memory and speed efficient, but will not work on Windows or MacOS 9 platforms. io_string Store downloaded database entry(s) in memory. Can be problematic for batch downloads because entire set of entries must fit in memory. Alll entries must be downloaded before processing can begin. tempfile Store downloaded database entry(s) in a temporary file. All entries must be downloaded before processing can begin. The default is pipeline, with automatic fallback to io_string if pipelining is not available. =cut sub retrieval_type { my ($self, $value) = @_; if( defined $value ) { $value = lc $value; if( ! $RETRIEVAL_TYPES{$value} ) { $self->warn("invalid retrieval type $value must be one of (" . join(",", keys %RETRIEVAL_TYPES), ")"); $value = $DEFAULT_RETRIEVAL_TYPE; } $self->{'_retrieval_type'} = $value; } return $self->{'_retrieval_type'}; } =head2 url_params Title : url_params Usage : my $params = $self->url_params or $self->url_params($params) Function: Get/Set the URL parameters for the Web Database Returns : url parameters for Web Database Args : $params - parameters to be appended to the URL for the WebDatabase =cut sub url_params { my ($self, $value) = @_; if( defined $value ) { $self->{'_urlparams'} = $value; } } =head2 ua Title : ua Usage : my $ua = $self->ua or $self->ua($ua) Function: Get/Set a LWP::UserAgent for use Returns : reference to LWP::UserAgent Object Args : $ua - must be a LWP::UserAgent =cut sub ua { my ($self, $ua) = @_; if( defined $ua && $ua->isa("LWP::UserAgent") ) { $self->{'_ua'} = $ua; } return $self->{'_ua'}; } =head2 postprocess_data Title : postprocess_data Usage : $self->postprocess_data ( 'type' => 'string', 'location' => \$datastr); Function: process downloaded data before loading into a Bio::SeqIO Returns : void Args : hash with two keys - 'type' can be 'string' or 'file' - 'location' either file location or string reference containing data =cut sub postprocess_data { my ( $self, %args) = @_; return; } # private methods sub _request { my ($self, $url,$tmpfile) = @_; my ($resp); if( defined $tmpfile && $tmpfile ne '' ) { $resp = $self->ua->request($url, $tmpfile); } else { $resp = $self->ua->request($url); } if( $resp->is_error ) { $self->throw("WebDBSeqI Request Error:\n".$resp->as_string); } return $resp; } # send web request to stdout for streaming purposes sub _stream_request { my $self = shift; my $request = shift; # fork so as to pipe output of fetch process through to # postprocess_data method call. my $child = open (FETCH,"-|"); $self->throw("Couldn't fork: $!") unless defined $child; if ($child) { local ($/) = "//\n"; # assume genbank/swiss format $| = 1; my $records = 0; while (my $record = <FETCH>) { $records++; $self->postprocess_data('type' => 'string', 'location' => \$record); print STDOUT $record; } $/ = "\n"; # reset to be safe; close(FETCH); close STDOUT; close STDERR; kill 9=>$$; # to prevent END{} blocks from executing in forked children sleep; } else { $| = 1; my $resp = $self->ua->request($request, sub { print shift } ); if( $resp->is_error ) { $self->throw("WebDBSeqI Request Error:\n".$resp->as_string); } close STDOUT; close STDERR; kill 9=>$$; # to prevent END{} blocks from executing in forked children sleep; } exit 0; } sub io { my ($self,$io) = @_; if(defined($io) || (! exists($self->{'_io'}))) { $io = Bio::Root::IO->new() unless $io; $self->{'_io'} = $io; } return $self->{'_io'}; } =head2 delay Title : delay Usage : $secs = $self->delay([$secs]) Function: get/set number of seconds to delay between fetches Returns : number of seconds to delay Args : new value NOTE: the default is to use the value specified by delay_policy(). This can be overridden by calling this method, or by passing the -delay argument to new(). =cut sub delay { my $self = shift; my $d = $self->{'_delay'}; $self->{'_delay'} = shift if @_; $d; } =head2 delay_policy Title : delay_policy Usage : $secs = $self->delay_policy Function: return number of seconds to delay between calls to remote db Returns : number of seconds to delay Args : none NOTE: The default delay policy is 0s. Override in subclasses to implement delays. The timer has only second resolution, so the delay will actually be +/- 1s. =cut sub delay_policy { my $self = shift; return 0; } =head2 _sleep Title : _sleep Usage : $self->_sleep Function: sleep for a number of seconds indicated by the delay policy Returns : none Args : none NOTE: This method keeps track of the last time it was called and only imposes a sleep if it was called more recently than the delay_policy() allows. =cut sub _sleep { my $self = shift; my $last_invocation = $LAST_INVOCATION_TIME; if (time - $LAST_INVOCATION_TIME < $self->delay) { my $delay = $self->delay - (time - $LAST_INVOCATION_TIME); warn "sleeping for $delay seconds\n" if $self->verbose; sleep $delay; } $LAST_INVOCATION_TIME = time; } 1;