I've updated my code, which now generates the .extra_files directory:

https://github.com/brianjohnhaas/galaxy_composite_datatype_test

I'm now trying to get the

composite_type = 'auto_primary_file' to work, but all I'm getting is an empty file. My module code simply includes:

class CompositeDataTypeTest( Text ):
file_ext = 'cdt'
composite_type = 'auto_primary_file'

def generate_primary_file( self, dataset = None ):
log.debug("\n\n######## generate_primary_file() for Test data #######\n\n")
return('<html><body>my test html</body></html>')

and from what I can tell, the generate_primary_file() isn't being called, as I'm not detecting the log entry in the console.

any ideas?

thanks in advance!

~brian