Re: [galaxy-dev] Galaxy API to upload files to data library

By browsing the api code, I discovered library_contents.py that looks like it should be used. Why this and not folder_contents.py? There seems to be overlap of these two. I would expect to upload files to folders within libraries...

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Ryan G ngsbioinformatics@gmail.com wrote:

Hi all - I'm trying to figure out how to script the ability to upload data (fastq) files to Galaxy via the API.

I can get the Library's root_folder_id, but am unsure of what the API call is to upload a file. I'm constructing this dictionary:

data = {}
data['folder_id'] = galaxyFolderId
data['create_type'] = 'file'
data['file_type'] = 'fastq'
data['upload_option'] = 'upload_paths'
data['filesystem_paths'] = fileToUpload
data['link_data_only'] = 'link_to_files'

I assume this is the correct format based on other code I've seen, but I'm not sure what the actual submit call should be. 'api/libraries/' or 'api/folders'????