Creating a tool
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Jump to navigationJump to searchLets add a blank tool to WormBase, I shall call you "lineage"
Contents
Add it to configuration
In wormbase.conf
- Search for
######################################
#
# Tools.
#
######################################
- Add:
<lineage>
title = Cell Lineage
display = both
display_in_dropdown yes
</lineage>
under
<tools>
Add it to the model
Still in wormbase.conf
- Find
Model::WormBaseAPI/args/tool
- add
lineage
directly under tool
Create the controller
- Create
lineage.pm
inlib/WormBase/API/Service/tree.pm
package WormBase::API::Service::lineage; # necessary because "new" function called use Moose; # what is returned to the view when action "index" is called sub index{ return { test => 'data from controller' }; } 1;
Create the view
- Create
lineage
directory inroot/templates/tools
, createindex.tt2
template inside.
<h1>Cell lineage browser</h1> <p>Browse the cell lineage with cytoscape</p> <p>[% test %]</p>
Test
- Navigate to <url>/tools/lineage/index
The index action in the lineage tool matches lineage/index.tt2 by name, passed value test is available to it.