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+categories:
+- Data Managers
+description: Install Clair3 models from the Oxford Nanopore Rerio repository
+long_description: |
+ This data manager downloads the Clair3 models from the Oxford Nanopore Rerio repository and installs
+ them in the Galaxy instance. Note that these models are licensed according to the terms of the
+ "Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Ltd. Public License Version 1.0"
+name: data_manager_clair3_models
+owner: iuc
+homepage_url: https://github.com/nanoporetech/rerio?tab=readme-ov-file#clair3-models
+remote_repository_url: https://github.com/galaxyproject/tools-iuc/tree/main/data_managers/data_manager_clair3_models
+type: unrestricted
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diff --git a/data_managers/data_manager_clair3_models/data_manager/install_clair3_models.xml b/data_managers/data_manager_clair3_models/data_manager/install_clair3_models.xml
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+ #set $known_models = ','.join([ row[0] for row in $data_table.get_fields() ])
+ #set $sha256_sums = ','.join([ row[1] for row in $data_table.get_fields() ])
+ #else
+ #set $known_models = None
+ #set $sha256_sums = None
+ #end if
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+ python '$__tool_directory__/model_fetcher.py'
+ '${output_file}'
+ #if $known_models is not None
+ --known_models '$known_models'
+ --sha256_sums '$sha256_sums'
+ #end if
+ #if $model_selection.source == 'latest'
+ --download_latest
+ #elif $model_selection.source == 'chosen'
+ --download_models '$model_selection.model_list'
+ #end if
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diff --git a/data_managers/data_manager_clair3_models/data_manager/model_fetcher.py b/data_managers/data_manager_clair3_models/data_manager/model_fetcher.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import sys
+import tarfile
+from hashlib import sha256
+from io import BytesIO, StringIO
+from pathlib import Path
+from urllib.error import HTTPError
+from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
+
+DATA_TABLE_NAME = 'clair3_models'
+
+
+def find_latest_models():
+ # based on the README.rst of the rerio repository as of 7 January 2025
+ url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nanoporetech/rerio/refs/heads/master/README.rst'
+ httprequest = Request(url)
+ with urlopen(httprequest) as response:
+ if response.status != 200:
+ raise IOError(f'Failed to fetch the latest models: {response.status}')
+ data = response.read().decode('utf-8')
+ init_line_seen = False
+ config_line_seen = False
+ read_lines = False
+ models = []
+ break1 = 0
+ for line in StringIO(data):
+ if read_lines:
+ if line.startswith('=========================='):
+ read_lines = False
+ break
+ model = line[:break1 - 1]
+ models.append(model)
+ if config_line_seen and line.startswith('=========================='):
+ break1 = line.find(' ')
+ read_lines = True
+ continue
+ if init_line_seen and line.startswith('Config'):
+ config_line_seen = True
+ continue
+ if line.startswith('Clair3 models for the following configurations are available:'):
+ init_line_seen = True
+ continue
+ return models
+
+
+def fetch_model(model_name):
+ # the model files are tar gzipped, with a structure like:
+ # model_name/pileup.index
+ # model_name/full_alignment.index
+ # and other files, with the key point being that the model_name becoomes the model_directory
+
+ url = f'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nanoporetech/rerio/refs/heads/master/clair3_models/{model_name}_model'
+ httprequest = Request(url)
+ try:
+ # urlopen throws a HTTPError if it gets a 404 status (and perhaps other non-200 status?)
+ with urlopen(httprequest) as response:
+ if response.status != 200:
+ raise IOError(f'Failed to fetch the model {model_name}: {response.status}')
+ final_url = response.read().decode('utf-8').strip()
+ httprequest = Request(final_url)
+ except HTTPError as e:
+ raise IOError(f'Failed to fetch the model {model_name}: {e}')
+
+ with urlopen(httprequest) as response:
+ if response.status != 200:
+ raise IOError(f'Failed to fetch the model {model_name} from CDN URL {final_url}: {response.status}')
+ data = response.read()
+ return data
+
+
+def unpack_model(data, outdir):
+ with tarfile.open(fileobj=BytesIO(data), mode='r:*') as tar:
+ tar.extractall(outdir)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+ parser.add_argument('dm_filename', type=str, help='The filename of the data manager file to read parameters from and write outputs to')
+ parser.add_argument('--known_models', type=str, help='List of models already known in the Galaxy data table')
+ parser.add_argument('--sha256_sums', type=str, help='List of sha256sums of the models already known in the Galaxy data table')
+ parser.add_argument('--download_latest', action='store_true', default=False, help='Download the latest models as per the Rerio repository')
+ parser.add_argument('--download_models', type=str, help='Comma separated list of models to download')
+ args = parser.parse_args()
+
+ # parameters to a data manager are passed in a JSON file (see https://docs.galaxyproject.org/en/latest/dev/data_managers.html) and
+ # similarily a JSON file is created to pass the output back to Galaxy
+ models = []
+ if args.download_latest:
+ models.extend(find_latest_models())
+ if args.download_models:
+ models.extend(args.download_models.split(','))
+
+ if not models:
+ sys.exit('No models to download, please specify either --download_latest or --download_models')
+
+ with open(args.dm_filename) as fh:
+ config = json.load(fh)
+ if 'extra_files_path' not in config.get('output_data', [{}])[0]:
+ sys.exit('Please specify the output directory in the data manager configuration (the extra_files_path)')
+ output_directory = config["output_data"][0]["extra_files_path"]
+ if not Path(output_directory).exists():
+ Path(output_directory).mkdir(parents=True)
+
+ data_manager_dict = {}
+ data_manager_dict["data_tables"] = config.get("data_tables", {})
+ data_manager_dict["data_tables"][DATA_TABLE_NAME] = []
+
+ known_models = set(args.known_models.split(',')) if args.known_models else set()
+ model_to_sha256 = {}
+ if args.known_models:
+ sha256_sums = args.sha256_sums.split(',')
+ for (i, model) in enumerate(known_models):
+ model_to_sha256[model] = sha256_sums[i]
+
+ for model in models:
+ model_dir = Path(output_directory) / model
+ # The data table cannot handle duplicate entries, so we skip models that are already in the data table
+ if model in known_models:
+ print(f'Model {model} already exists, skipping', file=sys.stderr)
+ continue
+ data = fetch_model(model)
+ sha256sum = sha256(data).hexdigest()
+
+ # Since we skip models that are already known we cannot test the sha256sum here. This code is retained to illustrate that an
+ # alternative logic would be to download the model each time and check if the sha256sum matches what is already known. Hopefully
+ # ONT does not update the models while keeping the same name, so this is not needed. The sha256sum is stored in the data table
+ # in case it is needed in the future.
+ # if model in model_to_sha256 and sha256sum != model_to_sha256[model]:
+ # sys.exit(f'Model {model} already exists with a different sha256sum {model_to_sha256[model]}. This is a serious error, inform the Galaxy admin')
+
+ unpack_model(data, output_directory)
+
+ data_manager_dict["data_tables"][DATA_TABLE_NAME].append(
+ dict(
+ value=model,
+ platform="ont",
+ sha256=sha256sum,
+ path=str(model_dir)
+ )
+ )
+
+ with open(args.dm_filename, 'w') as fh:
+ json.dump(data_manager_dict, fh, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
diff --git a/data_managers/data_manager_clair3_models/data_manager_conf.xml b/data_managers/data_manager_clair3_models/data_manager_conf.xml
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diff --git a/data_managers/data_manager_clair3_models/test-data/clair3_models.loc b/data_managers/data_manager_clair3_models/test-data/clair3_models.loc
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+# this is a table separated file describing the locations of Clair3 models (which are download from Oxford Nanopore's Rerio site and provided as directories)
+#
+# the columns are:
+# 1. value
+# 2. platform
+# 3. sha256sum (sha256 hash of the downloaded model, before unpacking)
+# 4. path (path to directory containing model)
+# for example
+#
+# r1041_e82_400bps_hac_v500 ont a1b998a80bc94ba4f5babc811d62e83a61bba3819188c488daee1c698bb72ae5 /data/galaxy/tool_data/clair3_models/r1041_e82_400bps_hac_v500
diff --git a/data_managers/data_manager_clair3_models/tool-data/clair3_models.loc.sample b/data_managers/data_manager_clair3_models/tool-data/clair3_models.loc.sample
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+# this is a table separated file describing the locations of Clair3 models (which are download from Oxford Nanopore's Rerio site and provided as directories)
+#
+# the columns are:
+# 1. value
+# 2. platform
+# 3. sha256sum (sha256 hash of the downloaded model, before unpacking)
+# 4. path (path to directory containing model)
+# for example
+#
+# r1041_e82_400bps_hac_v500 ont a1b998a80bc94ba4f5babc811d62e83a61bba3819188c488daee1c698bb72ae5 /data/galaxy/tool_data/clair3_models/r1041_e82_400bps_hac_v500
diff --git a/data_managers/data_manager_clair3_models/tool_data_table_conf.xml.sample b/data_managers/data_manager_clair3_models/tool_data_table_conf.xml.sample
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