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ove-auto-annotate
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import {
autoAnnotateFeatures,
autoAnnotateParts,
autoAnnotatePrimers
} from "ove-auto-annotate";
<Editor
{...{
autoAnnotateFeatures,
autoAnnotateParts,
autoAnnotatePrimers,
getCustomAutoAnnotateList, //(optional) see below for more details
...etc
}}
/>;
include the following script after the main OVE script tag
<script
type="text/javascript"
src="https://unpkg.com/ove-auto-annotate/umd/ove-auto-annotate.js"
></script>
and pass:
window.createVectorEditor(yourDomNodeHere, {
autoAnnotateFeatures: window._ove_addons.autoAnnotateFeatures,
autoAnnotateParts: window._ove_addons.autoAnnotateParts,
autoAnnotatePrimers: window._ove_addons.autoAnnotatePrimers,
getCustomAutoAnnotateList //(optional) see below for more details
...etc
});

async function getCustomAutoAnnotateList ({ annotationType, sequenceData }) { //annotationType = feature|part|oligo
const dataToReturn = await fetch("/my/endpoint/here", { ...someParams }); //hit your endpoint here
return {
title: `My ${pluralize(startCase(annotationType))}`, //optionally choose a title for the tab
list: [ //return a list of annotations. id, sequence, name are all required. type and isRegex are optional. IUPAC substitutions are allowed in non isRegex annotations
{
name: "I cover the full Seq",
sequence: sequenceData.sequence,
id: "1"
},
{ name: "trypto", type: "cds", sequence: "agagagagagaga", id: "9" },
{ name: "prom2", type: "promoter", sequence: "gcttctctctc", id: "10" },
{
name: "prom2",
type: "promoter",
sequence: "gctt.*ctctctc",
isRegex: true,
id: "11"
}
]
};
};
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We found that ove-auto-annotate demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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