Source code for indra.databases.relevance_client

from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
from builtins import dict, str
import logging
from indra.databases import ndex_client
# Python 2
try:
    basestring
# Python 3
except:
    basestring = str

logger = logging.getLogger('relevance')

ndex_relevance = 'http://general.bigmech.ndexbio.org:5602'

[docs]def get_heat_kernel(network_id): """Return the identifier of a heat kernel calculated for a given network. Parameters ---------- network_id : str The UUID of the network in NDEx. Returns ------- kernel_id : str The identifier of the heat kernel calculated for the given network. """ url = ndex_relevance + '/%s/generate_ndex_heat_kernel' % network_id res = ndex_client.send_request(url, {}, is_json=True, use_get=True) if res is None: logger.error('Could not get heat kernel for network %s.' % network_id) return None kernel_id = res.get('kernel_id') if kernel_id is None: logger.error('Could not get heat kernel for network %s.' % network_id) return None return kernel_id
[docs]def get_relevant_nodes(network_id, query_nodes): """Return a set of network nodes relevant to a given query set. A heat diffusion algorithm is used on a pre-computed heat kernel for the given network which starts from the given query nodes. The nodes in the network are ranked according to heat score which is a measure of relevance with respect to the query nodes. Parameters ---------- network_id : str The UUID of the network in NDEx. query_nodes : list[str] A list of node names with respect to which relevance is queried. Returns ------- ranked_entities : list[(str, float)] A list containing pairs of node names and their relevance scores. """ url = ndex_relevance + '/rank_entities' kernel_id = get_heat_kernel(network_id) if kernel_id is None: return None if isinstance(query_nodes, basestring): query_nodes = [query_nodes] params = {'identifier_set': query_nodes, 'kernel_id': kernel_id} res = ndex_client.send_request(url, params, is_json=True) if res is None: logger.error("ndex_client.send_request returned None.") return None ranked_entities = res.get('ranked_entities') if ranked_entities is None: logger.error('Could not get ranked entities.') return None return ranked_entities