add name parameter to the DeepLabCutInterface

requirements-testing.txt

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ ndx-miniscope
 spikeinterface[qualitymetrics]>=0.100.0
 zarr<2.18.0  # Error with Blosc (read-only during decode) in numcodecs on May 7; check later if resolved
 pytest-xdist
+dlc2nwb @ git+https://github.com/vigji/dlc2nwb.git@main

src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/behavior/deeplabcut/deeplabcutdatainterface.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ def write_subject_to_nwb(
     individual_name: str,
     config_file: FilePathType,
     timestamps: Optional[Union[List, np.ndarray]] = None,
+    container_name: Optional[str] = "PoseEstimation",
 ):
     """
     Given, subject name, write h5file to an existing nwbfile.
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ def write_subject_to_nwb(
         Path to a project config.yaml file
     timestamps : list, np.ndarray or None, default: None
         Alternative timestamps vector. If None, then use the inferred timestamps from DLC2NWB
+    container_name : str or None, default: PoseEstimation
+        Description of the pose estimation procedure and output. Default from npx-pose.
     Returns
     -------
     nwbfile : pynwb.NWBFile
@@ -45,7 +48,15 @@ def write_subject_to_nwb(
 
     df_animal = df.groupby(level="individuals", axis=1).get_group(individual_name)
     return dlc2nwb.utils._write_pes_to_nwbfile(
-        nwbfile, individual_name, df_animal, scorer, video, paf_graph, timestamps, exclude_nans=False
+        nwbfile,
+        individual_name,
+        df_animal,
+        scorer,
+        video,
+        paf_graph,
+        timestamps,
+        exclude_nans=False,
+        name=container_name,
     )
 
 
@@ -133,6 +144,7 @@ def add_to_nwbfile(
         self,
         nwbfile: NWBFile,
         metadata: Optional[dict] = None,
+        container_name: Optional[str] = "PoseEstimation",
     ):
         """
         Conversion from DLC output files to nwb. Derived from dlc2nwb library.
@@ -151,4 +163,5 @@ def add_to_nwbfile(
             individual_name=self.subject_name,
             config_file=str(self.source_data["config_file_path"]),
             timestamps=self._timestamps,
+            container_name=container_name,
         )

tests/test_on_data/test_behavior_interfaces.py

@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ class TestDeepLabCutInterface(DeepLabCutInterfaceMixin, unittest.TestCase):
 
     def run_custom_checks(self):
         self.check_custom_timestamps(nwbfile_path=self.nwbfile_path)
+        self.check_renaming_instance(nwbfile_path=self.nwbfile_path)
 
     def check_custom_timestamps(self, nwbfile_path: str):
         # TODO: Peel out into separate test class and replace this part with check_read_nwb
@@ -362,6 +363,22 @@ def check_custom_timestamps(self, nwbfile_path: str):
                 pose_timestamps = pose_estimation.timestamps
                 np.testing.assert_array_equal(pose_timestamps, self._custom_timestamps_case_1)
 
+    def check_renaming_instance(self, nwbfile_path: str):
+        custom_container_name = "TestPoseEstimation"
+
+        metadata = self.interface.get_metadata()
+        metadata["NWBFile"].update(session_start_time=datetime.now().astimezone())
+
+        self.interface.run_conversion(
+            nwbfile_path=nwbfile_path, overwrite=True, metadata=metadata, container_name=custom_container_name
+        )
+
+        with NWBHDF5IO(path=nwbfile_path, mode="r", load_namespaces=True) as io:
+            nwbfile = io.read()
+            assert "behavior" in nwbfile.processing
+            assert "PoseEstimation" not in nwbfile.processing["behavior"].data_interfaces
+            assert custom_container_name in nwbfile.processing["behavior"].data_interfaces
+
     def check_read_nwb(self, nwbfile_path: str):
         # TODO: move this to the upstream mixin
         with NWBHDF5IO(path=nwbfile_path, mode="r", load_namespaces=True) as io: