Bio::Tools::Run::RemoteBlast(3)

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 $prog = 'blastp';
  my $db   = 'swissprot';
  my $e_val= '1e-10';

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

  my $factory = Bio::Tools::Run::RemoteBlast->new(@params);

  #change a paramter
  $Bio::Tools::Run::RemoteBlast::HEADER{'ENTREZ_QUERY'} = 'Homo sapiens [ORGN]';

  #remove a parameter
  delete $Bio::Tools::Run::RemoteBlast::HEADER{'FILTER'};

  my $v = 1;
  #$v is just to turn on and off the messages

  my $str = Bio::SeqIO->new(-file=>'amino.fa' , '-format' => 'fasta' );

  while (my $input = $str->next_seq()){
    #Blast a sequence against a database:

    #Alternatively, you could  pass in a file with many
    #sequences rather than loop through sequence one at a time
    #Remove the loop starting 'while (my $input = $str->next_seq())'
    #and swap the two lines below for an example of that.
    my $r = $factory->submit_blast($input);
    #my $r = $factory->submit_blast('amino.fa');

    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 {
          my $result = $rc->next_result();
          #save the output
          my $filename = $result->query_name()."\.out";
          $factory->save_output($filename);
          $factory->remove_rid($rid);
          print "\nQuery Name: ", $result->query_name(), "\n";
          while ( my $hit = $result->next_hit ) {
            next unless ( $v > 0);
            print "\thit name is ", $hit->name, "\n";
            while( my $hsp = $hit->next_hsp ) {
              print "\t\tscore is ", $hsp->score, "\n";
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

  # This example shows how to change a CGI parameter:
  $Bio::Tools::Run::RemoteBlast::HEADER{'MATRIX_NAME'} = 'BLOSUM25';

  # And this is how to delete a CGI parameter:
  delete $Bio::Tools::Run::RemoteBlast::HEADER{'FILTER'};

DESCRIPTION
Class for remote execution of the NCBI Blast via HTTP.

For a description of the many CGI parameters see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/Doc/urlapi.html

Various additional options and input formats are available.

FEEDBACK

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  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
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AUTHOR - Jason Stajich
Email jason@bioperl.org

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

  header
 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)

  save_output
 Title   : saveoutput
 Usage   : my $saveoutput = $self->save_output($filename)
 Function: Method to save the blast report
 Returns : 1 (throws error otherwise)
 Args    : string [rid, filename]