# Copyright 2008 by Peter Cock. 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. """Testing online code for fetching NCBI qblast. Uses Bio.Blast.NCBIWWW.qblast() to run some online blast queries, get XML blast results back, and then checks Bio.Blast.NCBIXML.parse() can read them. Goals: Make sure that all retrieval is working as expected. Make sure we can parse the latest XML format being used by the NCBI. """ import sys import requires_internet requires_internet.check() from Bio import MissingExternalDependencyError from urllib2 import HTTPError #We want to test these: from Bio.Blast import NCBIWWW from Bio.Blast import NCBIXML ##################################################################### #List of qblast requests stored as a tuple of parameters: # - program # - database # - query identifier or sequence # - expectation value threshold # - Entrez filter string (or None) # - list of hit identifiers expected to be found (or None if expect 0) tests = [ \ #Simple protein blast filtered for rat only, using protein GI:160837788 #the actin related protein 2/3 complex, subunit 1B [Mus musculus] ("blastp", "nr", "160837788", 0.001, "rat [ORGN]", ['9506405','13592137','37589612','149064087','56912225']), #This next example finds PCR primer matches in Chimpanzees, e.g. BRCA1: ("blastn", "nr", "GTACCTTGATTTCGTATTC"+("N"*30)+"GACTCTACTACCTTTACCC", 10, "pan [ORGN]", ["37953274","51104367","51104367","51104367"]), #Try an orchid EST (nucleotide) sequence against NR using BLASTX ("blastx", "nr", """>gi|116660609|gb|EG558220.1|EG558220 CR02019H04 Leaf CR02 cDNA library Catharanthus roseus cDNA clone CR02019H04 5', mRNA sequence CTCCATTCCCTCTCTATTTTCAGTCTAATCAAATTAGAGCTTAAAAGAATGAGATTTTTAACAAATAAAA AAACATAGGGGAGATTTCATAAAAGTTATATTAGTGATTTGAAGAATATTTTAGTCTATTTTTTTTTTTT TCTTTTTTTGATGAAGAAAGGGTATATAAAATCAAGAATCTGGGGTGTTTGTGTTGACTTGGGTCGGGTG TGTATAATTCTTGATTTTTTCAGGTAGTTGAAAAGGTAGGGAGAAAAGTGGAGAAGCCTAAGCTGATATT GAAATTCATATGGATGGAAAAGAACATTGGTTTAGGATTGGATCAAAAAATAGGTGGACATGGAACTGTA CCACTACGTCCTTACTATTTTTGGCCGAGGAAAGATGCTTGGGAAGAACTTAAAACAGTTTTAGAAAGCA AGCCATGGATTTCTCAGAAGAAAATGATTATACTTCTTAATCAGGCAACTGATATTATCAATTTATGGCA GCAGAGTGGTGGCTCCTTGTCCCAGCAGCAGTAATTACTTTTTTTTCTCTTTTTGTTTCCAAATTAAGAA ACATTAGTATCATATGGCTATTTGCTCAATTGCAGATTTCTTTCTTTTGTGAATG""", 0.0000001, None, ["21554275","18409071","296087288"]), ] print "Checking Bio.Blast.NCBIWWW.qblast() with various queries" for program,database,query,e_value,entrez_filter,expected_hits in tests: print "qblast('%s', '%s', %s, ...)" % (program, database, repr(query)) try: handle = NCBIWWW.qblast(program, database, query, \ alignments=10, descriptions=10, \ hitlist_size=10, \ entrez_query=entrez_filter, expect=e_value) except HTTPError: #e.g. a proxy error raise MissingExternalDependencyError("internet connection failed") record = NCBIXML.read(handle) if record.query == "No definition line": #We used a sequence as the query assert len(query) == record.query_letters elif query.startswith(">"): #We used a FASTA record as the query assert query[1:].split("\n",1)[0] == (record.query) else: #We used an identifier as the query assert query in record.query_id.split("|") #Check the recorded input parameters agree with those requested assert float(record.expect) == e_value assert record.application.lower() == program assert len(record.alignments) <= 10 assert len(record.descriptions) <= 10 #Check the expected result(s) are found in the alignments if expected_hits is None: assert len(record.alignments)==0, "Expected no alignments!" else: assert len(record.alignments) > 0, "Expected some alignments!" found_result = False for expected_hit in expected_hits: for alignment in record.alignments: if expected_hit in alignment.hit_id.split("|"): found_result = True break if len(expected_hits)==1: print "Update this test to have some redundancy..." for alignment in record.alignments: print alignment.hit_id assert found_result, "Missing all of %s in alignments" \ % ", ".join(expected_hits) #Check the expected result(s) are found in the descriptions if expected_hits is None: assert len(record.descriptions)==0, "Expected no descriptions!" else: assert len(record.descriptions) > 0, "Expected some descriptions!" found_result = False for expected_hit in expected_hits: for descr in record.descriptions: if expected_hit == descr.accession \ or expected_hit in descr.title.split(None,1)[0].split("|"): found_result = True break assert found_result, "Missing all of %s in descriptions" % expected_hit print "Done"