Awesome! Thank you, John - I'd actually glanced at the sanitizer and wondered if it was what I needed, but having a working example makes all the difference!
On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 7:26 PM, John Chilton jmchilton@gmail.com wrote:
Funny - I just exchanged an e-mail with someone about this tool this morning, the Galaxy-P dbbuilder tool escapes exactly this santizing. Here is the relevant portion:
<param name="url" value="" type="text" label="URL (http, ftp)"> <sanitizer> <valid> <add value="%"/> </valid> </sanitizer> </param>The full tool is on the tool shed.
https://toolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu/repos/galaxyp/dbbuilder
Hope this helps.
-John
On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Melissa Cline cline@soe.ucsc.edu wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm working on a tool that queries a database based on user input, where this user input is a text parameter. The wildcard for the database is
the
percent (%) character. The user input, which is ultimately translated
into
the query, should be able to contain a % character. For example, one
input
field lets the user indicate which cancer cohort he or she is interested
in,
in a table of available cohorts, and the user should be able to give
input
like 'TCGA%" to indicate all TCGA cohorts.
The problem I'm having is that when % is given in the input field, it's translated (to X) by the time it reaches my tool's python script. I
haven't
been able to figure out the right way to escape the input so that % is
not
translated.
So, how do I escape this?
Thanks!
Melissa
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