'enable_api = True' in config file. You should not enable the API on
production sites as this code is brand new and may contain serious bugs and
security flaws! Implemented:
* Display libraries
* Display library info
* Display library contents
* Display library content info
* Create library folders
* Upload datasets to a library from a server directory or with a path paste.
* Basic example scripts in scripts/api/
Framework changes that were made to support this:
* API Key interface in User Preferences.
* New api_keys database table for storing users' API Keys.
* New API-specific route mapper in webapp.
* API controllers in galaxy.web.api
* Return handling in reused library_common methods.
* expose_api decorator for API controller methods validates key and ensures
valid JSON format.
* UniverseWebTransaction renamed to GalaxyWebTransaction and subclassed for
GalaxyWebUITransaction and GalaxyWebAPITransaction.
Things that need to be done next:
* Documentation!
* Refactor reused code from library_common and other controllers into an
even-more-generic location and format. The main changes are that the Web UI
returns redirects and rendered templates, whereas the API returns various
HTTP status codes and JSON.
* Implement more functionality.
* The request and response format should be considered alpha and are subject to
change. They will be standardized as the API matures.
Hints to get started can be found in scripts/api/README
Nicola Soranzo