Export data to local files

1. Import dependencies

We need to import the classes and functions that we will be using from the corresponding packages.

import os
import json
from urllib.parse import quote_plus
from os.path import join
from urllib.request import urlretrieve
from anndata import read_h5ad
import scanpy as sc

from vitessce import (
    VitessceWidget,
    VitessceConfig,
    Component as cm,
    CoordinationType as ct,
    AnnDataWrapper,
)

2. Download and process data

For this example, we need to download a dataset from the COVID-19 Cell Atlas https://www.covid19cellatlas.org/index.healthy.html#habib17.

os.makedirs("data", exist_ok=True)
adata_filepath = join("data", "habib17.processed.h5ad")
urlretrieve('https://covid19.cog.sanger.ac.uk/habib17.processed.h5ad', adata_filepath)

top_dispersion = adata.var["dispersions_norm"][
    sorted(
        range(len(adata.var["dispersions_norm"])),
        key=lambda k: adata.var["dispersions_norm"][k],
    )[-51:][0]
]
adata.var["top_highly_variable"] = (
    adata.var["dispersions_norm"] > top_dispersion
)

3. Create the Vitessce configuration

Set up the configuration by adding the views and datasets of interest.

vc = VitessceConfig(name='Habib et al', description='COVID-19 Healthy Donor Brain')
dataset = vc.add_dataset(name='Brain').add_object(AnnDataWrapper(
        adata,
        mappings_obsm=["X_umap"],
        mappings_obsm_names=["UMAP"],
        cell_set_obs=["CellType"],
        cell_set_obs_names=["Cell Type"],
        expression_matrix="X",
        matrix_gene_var_filter="top_highly_variable"
))
scatterplot = vc.add_view(dataset, cm.SCATTERPLOT, mapping="X_umap")
cell_sets = vc.add_view(dataset, cm.CELL_SETS)
genes = vc.add_view(dataset, cm.GENES)
heatmap = vc.add_view(dataset, cm.HEATMAP)
vc.layout((scatterplot | (cell_sets / genes)) / heatmap);

4. Export files to a local directory

The .export(to='files') method on the view config instance will export files to the specified directory out_dir. The base_url parameter is required so that the file URLs in the view config point to the location where you ultimately intend to serve the files.

config_dict = vc.export(to='files', base_url='http://localhost:3000', out_dir='./test')

5. Serve the files

Now that the files have been saved to the ./test directory, they can be served by any static web server.

If you would like to serve the files locally, we recommend http-server which can be installed with NPM or Homebrew:

cd test
http-server ./ --cors -p 3000

6. View on vitessce.io

The returned view config dict can be converted to a URL, and if the files are served on the internet (rather than locally), this URL can be used to share the interactive visualizations with colleagues.

vitessce_url = "http://vitessce.io/?url=data:," + quote_plus(json.dumps(config_dict))
import webbrowser
webbrowser.open(vitessce_url)