biojs-io-gff

A GFF (general feature format) parser

Official Spec

<seqname> <source> <feature> <start> <end> <score> <strand> <frame> [attributes] [comments]

Short description about the formats.

Supported formats

• GFF 3
• Jalview feature format

Getting Started

Install the module with: npm install biojs-io-gff

var gff = require('biojs-io-gff');

Documentation

.read(file, cb)

Callback with parseSeqs or Promise

var p = gff.read("https://cdn.rawgit.com/greenify/biojs-io-gff/master/test/import.gff3");
// ..
p.then(function(seqs){
  // handle the model
}, function(err){
	console.warn(err);
});

.parseSeqs(str) (alias: parse)

Parameter: GFF file (as string) Type: String Example: SEQ1 EMBL atg 103 105 . + 0

Returns a dictionary of all sequences. Each sequences is an array of its features.

gff.parseSeqs('SEQ1  EMBL  atg  103  105  .  +  0');

Result

{ "seqs":
  { "SEQ1": 
		[ { seqname: 'SEQ1',
		    source: 'EMBL',
		    feature: 'atg',
		    start: 103,
	    	end: 105,
	    	strand: '+',
	    	frame: 0,
	    	attributes: {} } ]
  },
  "config": {
	type: "gff3"
  }
}

.parseLines(str)

Parameter: GFF file Type: String Example: SEQ1 EMBL atg 103 105 . + 0

The 'parse' method converts a GFF into its JSON representation.

How to use this method

gff.parseLines('SEQ1  EMBL  atg  103  105  .  +  0');

Result

{ "features":
	[{ seqname: 'SEQ1',
    	source: 'EMBL',
    	feature: 'atg',
    	start: 103,
    	end: 105,
    	strand: '+',
    	frame: 0,
    	attributes: {} } ],
  "config": {
	type: "gff3"
  }
}

.exportLines(lines)

Return the textual GFF representation for the given lines

.exportSeqs(seqs) (alias: export)

Return the textual GFF representation for the given seqs

.parseLine(line)

Parameter: GFF line Type: String Example: SEQ1 EMBL atg 103 105 . + 0

The 'parseLine' method converts a GFF line into its JSON representation.

gff.parseLine('SEQ1  EMBL  atg  103  105  .  +  0');

Gotchas

• undefined properties (dots) are removed (checking for undefined is native)

TODO

• add option to group seqs after parent

Contributing

Please submit all issues and pull requests to the greenify/biojs-io-gff repository!

Support

If you have any problem or suggestion please open an issue here.

License

This software is licensed under the Apache 2 license, quoted below.

Copyright (c) 2014, greenify

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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