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bioperl-1.0.2
/ Bio::Tools::Run::RemoteBlast

NAME

Bio::Tools::Run::RemoteBlast - Object for remote execution of the NCBI Blast via HTTP

SYNOPSIS

Remote-blast "factory object" creation and blast-parameter initialization:

use Bio::Tools::Run::RemoteBlast;
use strict;
my $v = 1;
my $prog = 'blastp';
my $db   = 'swissprot';
my $e_val= '1e-10';

my @params = ( '-prog' => $prog,
		 '-data' => $db,
		 '-expect' => $e_val );

my $factory = Bio::Tools::Run::RemoteBlast->new(@params);
$v = 1;
my $str = Bio::SeqIO->new(-file=>'amino.fa' , '-format' => 'fasta' );
my $input = $str->next_seq();
#  Blast a sequence against a database:
my $r = $factory->submit_blast($input);
print STDERR "waiting..." if( $v > 0 );
while ( my @rids = $factory->each_rid ) {
    foreach my $rid ( @rids ) {
	  my $rc = $factory->retrieve_blast($rid);
	  if( !ref($rc) ) {
	      if( $rc < 0 ) { 		
		      $factory->remove_rid($rid);
		  }
	      print STDERR "." if ( $v > 0 );
	      sleep 5;
	  } else { 
	      $factory->remove_rid($rid);
	      my $result = $rc->next_result;
	      print "db is ", $result->database_name(), "\n";
	      my $count = 0;
	      while( my $hit = $result->next_hit ) {		
		  $count++;
		  next unless ( $v > 0);
		  print "hit name is ", $hit->name, "\n";
		  while( my $hsp = $hit->next_hsp ) {
		      print "score is ", $hsp->score, "\n";
		  } 
	      }
	  }
    }
}

Various additional options and input formats are available. See the DESCRIPTION section for details.

DESCRIPTION

Class for remote execution of the NCBI Blast via HTTP.

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR - Jason Stajich

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APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

Title   : header
Usage   : my $header = $self->header
Function: Get/Set HTTP header for blast query
Returns : string
Args    : none

readmethod

Title   : readmethod
Usage   : my $readmethod = $self->readmethod
Function: Get/Set the method to read the blast report
Returns : string
Args    : string [ Blast, BPlite ]

program

Title   : program
Usage   : my $prog = $self->program
Function: Get/Set the program to run
Returns : string
Args    : string [ blastp, blastn, blastx, tblastn, tblastx ]

database

Title   : database
Usage   : my $db = $self->database
Function: Get/Set the database to search
Returns : string
Args    : string [ swissprot, nr, nt, etc... ]

expect

Title   : expect
Usage   : my $expect = $self->expect
Function: Get/Set the E value cutoff
Returns : string
Args    : string [ '1e-4' ]

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    : none
Comments: Will create a UserAgent if none has been requested before.

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

submit_blast

Title   : submit_blast
Usage   : $self->submit_blast([$seq1,$seq2]);
Function: Submit blast jobs to ncbi blast queue on sequence(s)
Returns : Blast report object as defined by $self->readmethod
Args    : input can be:
          * sequence object
          * array ref of sequence objects
          * filename of file containing fasta formatted sequences

retrieve_blast

Title   : retrieve_blast
Usage   : my $blastreport = $blastfactory->retrieve_blast($rid);
Function: Attempts to retrieve a blast report from remote blast queue
Returns : -1 on error, 
          0 on 'job not finished',
          Bio::Tools::BPlite or Bio::Tools::Blast object 
          (depending on how object was initialized) on success
Args    : Remote Blast ID (RID)