# Copyright 1999 by Jeffrey Chang. All rights reserved. # This code is part of the Biopython distribution and governed by its # license. Please see the LICENSE file that should have been included # as part of this package. # Patched by Brad Chapman. # Chris Wroe added modifications for work in myGrid """ This module provides code to work with the WWW version of BLAST provided by the NCBI. http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ Functions: qblast Do a BLAST search using the QBLAST API. """ import sys try: from cStringIO import StringIO except ImportError: from StringIO import StringIO from Bio._py3k import _as_string def qblast(program, database, sequence, auto_format=None,composition_based_statistics=None, db_genetic_code=None,endpoints=None,entrez_query='(none)', expect=10.0,filter=None,gapcosts=None,genetic_code=None, hitlist_size=50,i_thresh=None,layout=None,lcase_mask=None, matrix_name=None,nucl_penalty=None,nucl_reward=None, other_advanced=None,perc_ident=None,phi_pattern=None, query_file=None,query_believe_defline=None,query_from=None, query_to=None,searchsp_eff=None,service=None,threshold=None, ungapped_alignment=None,word_size=None, alignments=500,alignment_view=None,descriptions=500, entrez_links_new_window=None,expect_low=None,expect_high=None, format_entrez_query=None,format_object=None,format_type='XML', ncbi_gi=None,results_file=None,show_overview=None ): """Do a BLAST search using the QBLAST server at NCBI. Supports all parameters of the qblast API for Put and Get. Some useful parameters: program blastn, blastp, blastx, tblastn, or tblastx (lower case) database Which database to search against (e.g. "nr"). sequence The sequence to search. ncbi_gi TRUE/FALSE whether to give 'gi' identifier. descriptions Number of descriptions to show. Def 500. alignments Number of alignments to show. Def 500. expect An expect value cutoff. Def 10.0. matrix_name Specify an alt. matrix (PAM30, PAM70, BLOSUM80, BLOSUM45). filter "none" turns off filtering. Default no filtering format_type "HTML", "Text", "ASN.1", or "XML". Def. "XML". entrez_query Entrez query to limit Blast search hitlist_size Number of hits to return. Default 50 This function does no checking of the validity of the parameters and passes the values to the server as is. More help is available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/blast_overview.html """ import urllib, urllib2 import time assert program in ['blastn', 'blastp', 'blastx', 'tblastn', 'tblastx'] # Format the "Put" command, which sends search requests to qblast. # Parameters taken from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/Doc/node5.html on 9 July 2007 parameters = [ ('AUTO_FORMAT',auto_format), ('COMPOSITION_BASED_STATISTICS',composition_based_statistics), ('DATABASE',database), ('DB_GENETIC_CODE',db_genetic_code), ('ENDPOINTS',endpoints), ('ENTREZ_QUERY',entrez_query), ('EXPECT',expect), ('FILTER',filter), ('GAPCOSTS',gapcosts), ('GENETIC_CODE',genetic_code), ('HITLIST_SIZE',hitlist_size), ('I_THRESH',i_thresh), ('LAYOUT',layout), ('LCASE_MASK',lcase_mask), ('MATRIX_NAME',matrix_name), ('NUCL_PENALTY',nucl_penalty), ('NUCL_REWARD',nucl_reward), ('OTHER_ADVANCED',other_advanced), ('PERC_IDENT',perc_ident), ('PHI_PATTERN',phi_pattern), ('PROGRAM',program), ('QUERY',sequence), ('QUERY_FILE',query_file), ('QUERY_BELIEVE_DEFLINE',query_believe_defline), ('QUERY_FROM',query_from), ('QUERY_TO',query_to), ('SEARCHSP_EFF',searchsp_eff), ('SERVICE',service), ('THRESHOLD',threshold), ('UNGAPPED_ALIGNMENT',ungapped_alignment), ('WORD_SIZE',word_size), ('CMD', 'Put'), ] query = [x for x in parameters if x[1] is not None] message = urllib.urlencode(query) # Send off the initial query to qblast. # Note the NCBI do not currently impose a rate limit here, other # than the request not to make say 50 queries at once using multiple # threads. request = urllib2.Request("http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi", message, {"User-Agent":"BiopythonClient"}) handle = urllib2.urlopen(request) # Format the "Get" command, which gets the formatted results from qblast # Parameters taken from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/Doc/node6.html on 9 July 2007 rid, rtoe = _parse_qblast_ref_page(handle) parameters = [ ('ALIGNMENTS',alignments), ('ALIGNMENT_VIEW',alignment_view), ('DESCRIPTIONS',descriptions), ('ENTREZ_LINKS_NEW_WINDOW',entrez_links_new_window), ('EXPECT_LOW',expect_low), ('EXPECT_HIGH',expect_high), ('FORMAT_ENTREZ_QUERY',format_entrez_query), ('FORMAT_OBJECT',format_object), ('FORMAT_TYPE',format_type), ('NCBI_GI',ncbi_gi), ('RID',rid), ('RESULTS_FILE',results_file), ('SERVICE',service), ('SHOW_OVERVIEW',show_overview), ('CMD', 'Get'), ] query = [x for x in parameters if x[1] is not None] message = urllib.urlencode(query) # Poll NCBI until the results are ready. Use a 3 second wait delay = 3.0 previous = time.time() while True: current = time.time() wait = previous + delay - current if wait > 0: time.sleep(wait) previous = current + wait else: previous = current request = urllib2.Request("http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi", message, {"User-Agent":"BiopythonClient"}) handle = urllib2.urlopen(request) results = _as_string(handle.read()) # Can see an "\n\n" page while results are in progress, # if so just wait a bit longer... if results=="\n\n": continue # XML results don't have the Status tag when finished if results.find("Status=") < 0: break i = results.index("Status=") j = results.index("\n", i) status = results[i+len("Status="):j].strip() if status.upper() == "READY": break return StringIO(results) def _parse_qblast_ref_page(handle): """Extract a tuple of RID, RTOE from the 'please wait' page (PRIVATE). The NCBI FAQ pages use TOE for 'Time of Execution', so RTOE is proably 'Request Time of Execution' and RID would be 'Request Identifier'. """ s = _as_string(handle.read()) i = s.find("RID =") if i == -1: rid = None else: j = s.find("\n", i) rid = s[i+len("RID ="):j].strip() i = s.find("RTOE =") if i == -1: rtoe = None else: j = s.find("\n", i) rtoe = s[i+len("RTOE ="):j].strip() if not rid and not rtoe: #Can we reliably extract the error message from the HTML page? #e.g. "Message ID#24 Error: Failed to read the Blast query: # Nucleotide FASTA provided for protein sequence" #or "Message ID#32 Error: Query contains no data: Query # contains no sequence data" # #This used to occur inside a
entry: i = s.find('
') if i != -1: msg = s[i+len('
'):].strip() msg = msg.split("
",1)[0].split("\n",1)[0].strip() if msg: raise ValueError("Error message from NCBI: %s" % msg) #In spring 2010 the markup was like this: i = s.find('

') if i != -1: msg = s[i+len('

'):].strip() msg = msg.split("

",1)[0].split("\n",1)[0].strip() if msg: raise ValueError("Error message from NCBI: %s" % msg) #Generic search based on the way the error messages start: i = s.find('Message ID#') if i != -1: #Break the message at the first HTML tag msg = s[i:].split("<",1)[0].split("\n",1)[0].strip() raise ValueError("Error message from NCBI: %s" % msg) #We didn't recognise the error layout :( #print s raise ValueError("No RID and no RTOE found in the 'please wait' page, " "there was probably an error in your request but we " "could not extract a helpful error message.") elif not rid: #Can this happen? raise ValueError("No RID found in the 'please wait' page." " (although RTOE = %s)" % repr(rtoe)) elif not rtoe: #Can this happen? raise ValueError("No RTOE found in the 'please wait' page." " (although RID = %s)" % repr(rid)) try: return rid, int(rtoe) except ValueError: raise ValueError("A non-integer RTOE found in " \ +"the 'please wait' page, %s" % repr(rtoe))