igv-notebook 0.4.0

Package for embedding the igv.js genome visualization in IPython notebooks

igv.js notebook module

Jupyter Notebook

JupyterLab

Google Colab

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igv-notebook is a Python package which wraps igv.js for embedding in an IPython notebook. Both Jupyter and Google Colab runtimes are supported.

Related projects

Other projects enabling embedding igv.js in notebooks include

• igv-jupyter (wrapper around igv-notebook that adds g2nb integration)
• igv-jupyterlab
• ipyigv

The main differences between igv-notebook and these other projects are:

• igv-notebook is a Python package, while the projects listed above are Jupyter extensions;
• igv-notebook works with Google Colab, in addition to Jupyter and JupyterLab; and
• igv-notebook supports loading data files from any location on the local or mounted file system when used with Jupyter Notebook or Google Colab. NOTE: General local file paths do not work with JupyterLab, for JupyterLab the files must be in the JupyterLab file tree.

Examples

Example notebooks are available in the github repository, and can be run from the Binder and Colab links above. To download examples without cloning the repository use this link. Notebooks are available in the "examples" directory.

Usage

Typical usage proceeds as follow

1. Install igv-notebook
2. Initialize igv-notebook
3. Create igv "browser" object
4. Add tracks to browser
5. Navigate to loci of interest

Installation

pip install igv-notebook

Initialization

After installing, import and intialize igv_notebook as follows.

import igv_notebook
igv_notebook.init()

For a Jupyter notebook this should be done once per notebook. Colab notebooks display output in a sandboxed iFrame for each cell, so these steps must be repeated for each cell in which igv-notebook is used.

Version

To verify the currently installed igv-notebook version (versions > 0.3.1 only)

igv_notebook.version()

IGV Version

To verify the current version of igv.js (igv-notebook versions > 1.0,0 only)

import igv_notebook

igv_notebook.igv_version()

Browser creation

The Browser initializer takes a configuration dictionary which is converted to JSON and passed to the igv.js createBrowser function. The configuration options are described in the igv.js documentation.

Example:

import igv_notebook
igv_notebook.init()
igv_browser = igv_notebook.Browser(
    {
        "genome": "hg19",
        "locus": "chr22:24,376,166-24,376,456"
    }
)

URLS and paths

Configuration objects for igv.js have properties to specify URLs to files for data and indexes. These properties are supported in igv-notebook, however igv-notebook also provides equivalent path properties for specfiying paths to local files when used with Jupyter Notebook or Colab. (Note: The path properties cannot be used with JupyterLab, however local files can be loaded by URL). The path properties are useful for:

• loading data in a Colab notebook from the local Colab file system or a mounted Google Drive; and
• loading data in Jupyter Notebook from the local file system that is outside the Jupyter file tree.

URL and Path properties

igv.js url property	igv-notebook path property
url	path
indexURL	indexPath
fastaURL	fastaPath
cytobandURL	cytobandPath
aliasURL	aliasPath

For Jupyter servers (Notebook and Lab), local files can be also be loaded via the url property if the file is in the Jupyter startup directory tree. This will usually yield better performance than using path properties. URL paths that begin with a "/" are relative to the Jupyter server startup directory, i.e. the directory from where you started Jupyter Notebook or JupyterLab. For Jupyter Notebook, URL paths without a leading slash can be used and are assumed to be relative to the notebook directory. See below for examples. You can also use the "download url" for the file, obtainable through the JupyterLab UI, as the URL for igv.

Tracks

To load a track, pass a track configuration object to igv_browser.load_track(). Track configuration objects are described in the igv.js documentation, however see the note on URLs and paths above. The configuration object will be converted to JSON and passed to the igv.js browser instance.

Data for the track can be loaded by URL, file path, or passed directly as an array of JSON objects.

Examples:

Local file - Jupyter. URL relative to the location of the notebook

igv_browser.load_track(
    {
        "name": "Local BAM",
        "url": "data/gstt1_sample.bam",
        "indexURL": "data/gstt1_sample.bam.bai",
        "format": "bam",
        "type": "alignment"
    })

Local file - Jupyter. URL relative to root of Jupyter file tree

igv_browser.load_track(
    {
        "name": "Local BAM",
        "url": "/examples/data/gstt1_sample.bam",
        "indexURL": "/examples/data/gstt1_sample.bam.bai",
        "format": "bam",
        "type": "alignment"
    })

Local file - Jupyter. Absolute file path, potentially outside the Jupyter file tree. Note the use of path and indexPath.

igv_browser.load_track(
    {
        "name": "Local BAM",
        "path": "/any_path_you_like/data/gstt1_sample.bam",
        "indexPath": "/any_path_you_like/data/gstt1_sample.bam.bai",
        "format": "bam",
        "type": "alignment"
    })

Local file - Colab. In Colab files are loaded by file path.

igv_browser.load_track(
    {
        "name": "Local BAM",
        "path": "/content/igv-notebook/examples/data/gstt1_sample.bam",
        "indexPath": "/content/igv-notebook/examples/data/gstt1_sample.bam.bai",
        "format": "bam",
        "type": "alignment"
    })

Remote file - Jupyter.

igv_browser.load_track(
    {
        "name": "BAM",
        "url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/igv.org.demo/gstt1_sample.bam",
        "indexURL": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/igv.org.demo/gstt1_sample.bam.bai",
        "format": "bam",
        "type": "alignment"
    })

Navigation

Jump to a specific genomic range

igv_browser.search('chr1:3000-4000')

Jump to a specific gene. This uses the IGV search web service, which currently supports a limited number of genomes. To customize the search, load a non-indexed annotation track with the "searchable" property set to true (see igv.js documentation).

igv_browser.search('myc')

Zoom in by a factor of 2

igv_browser.zoom_in()

Zoom out by a factor of 2

igv_browser.zoom_out()

SVG conversion - Jupyter Notebook only

To convert the current igv view to a static SVG image

igv_browser.to_svg()

This action can also be invoked with the "To SVG" button on the igv.js command bar. This is useful when converting the notebook to formats such as HTML and PDF.

Note: This action is not reversible.

igv_browser.to_svg()

Development

requires python >= 3.9.1

Development install

pip install -e .

Build

python setup.py build  

Updating igv.js version

1. Edit VERSION_IGV - enter igv.js version with no line feed. Visit npmjs.com to find latest version
2. Run python updateIGV.py

Release Notes

0.3.1

• Change to browser.to_svg() function to support Python 3.6.
• Add igv_notebook.version() function.

0.3.0

• Add browser.to_svg() function to convert igv instance to static SVG image (Jupyter Notebook only).