nextflow_schema.json

{
    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
    "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/pairgenomealign/master/nextflow_schema.json",
    "title": "nf-core/pairgenomealign pipeline parameters",
    "description": "Pairwise alignment pipeline (genome to genome or reads to genome)",
    "type": "object",
    "definitions": {
        "input_output_options": {
            "title": "Input/output options",
            "type": "object",
            "fa_icon": "fas fa-terminal",
            "description": "Define where the pipeline should find input data and save output data.",
            "required": ["input", "target", "outdir"],
            "properties": {
                "input": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "format": "file-path",
                    "exists": true,
                    "schema": "assets/schema_input.json",
                    "mimetype": "text/csv",
                    "pattern": "^\\S+\\.csv$",
                    "description": "Path to comma-separated file containing information about the samples in the experiment.",
                    "help_text": "You will need to create a design file with information about the samples in your experiment before running the pipeline. Use this parameter to specify its location. It has to be a comma-separated file with 3 columns, and a header row. See [usage docs](https://nf-co.re/pairgenomealign/usage#samplesheet-input).",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-file-csv"
                },
                "target": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "pattern": "^\\S+\\.fn?a(sta)?(\\.gz)?$",
                    "format": "file-path",
                    "description": "Path or URL to a FASTA genome file for the _target_ genome.",
                    "fa_icon": "far fa-file-code"
                },
                "targetName": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "default": "target",
                    "help_text": "By default the _target_ genome is named `target` and this name is concatenated with the sample IDs using `___` as a separator to construct alignment file names. Use this option to provide a more informative name for the target genome.",
                    "description": "Target genome name."
                },
                "outdir": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "format": "directory-path",
                    "description": "The output directory where the results will be saved. You have to use absolute paths to storage on Cloud infrastructure.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-folder-open"
                },
                "email": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Email address for completion summary.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-envelope",
                    "help_text": "Set this parameter to your e-mail address to get a summary e-mail with details of the run sent to you when the workflow exits. If set in your user config file (`~/.nextflow/config`) then you don't need to specify this on the command line for every run.",
                    "pattern": "^([a-zA-Z0-9_\\-\\.]+)@([a-zA-Z0-9_\\-\\.]+)\\.([a-zA-Z]{2,5})$"
                },
                "multiqc_title": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "MultiQC report title. Printed as page header, used for filename if not otherwise specified.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-file-signature"
                }
            }
        },
        "indexing_options": {
            "title": "Indexing options",
            "type": "object",
            "description": "",
            "default": "",
            "fa_icon": "fas fa-database",
            "properties": {
                "seed": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "enum": ["YASS", "NEAR", "MAM8", "RY128"],
                    "help_text": "LAST creates a database of seed sequences in the _target_ genome, and provides different ways to generate these seeds. The default (`YASS`) searches for long-and-weak similarities that allow for mismatches but not gaps. Among alternatives, there are `NEAR` for short-and-strong (near-identical) similarities with many gaps (insertions and deletions), `MAM8` to find weak similarities with high sensitivity, but low speed and high memory usage, or `RY128` that reduces run time and memory use, by only seeking seeds at ~1/128 of positions in each sequence, which is useful when the purpose of running this pipeline is only to generate whole-genome dotplots, or when sensitivity for tiny fragments may be unnecessary or undesirable. See <https://gitlab.com/mcfrith/last/-/blob/main/doc/last-seeds.rst> for details.",
                    "description": "Select the LAST seed to index the _target_ genome.",
                    "default": "YASS",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-seedling"
                },
                "softmask": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "enum": ["tantan", "original"],
                    "help_text": "In this pipeline, letters soft-masked in lowercase are excluded from indexing (`lastdb -c`).  By default, the original mask is removed and a new one is made with an internal version of the “tantan” tool.  Set this option to `original` to keep the original soft-masking.  See <https://gitlab.com/mcfrith/last/-/blob/main/doc/lastdb.rst> for details.",
                    "description": "Customise the way to mask the _target_ genome.",
                    "default": "tantan",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-theater-masks"
                }
            }
        },
        "alignment_options": {
            "title": "Alignment options",
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Arguments for the lastdb, last-train, lastal and last-split programs.",
            "default": "",
            "properties": {
                "m2m": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Make a many to many alignment",
                    "help_text": "This adds time and can comsume considerable amount of space; use only if you need that data, for instance in the case of a self-alignment",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-arrows-alt"
                },
                "lastal_params": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Path to a file containing alignment parameters or a scoring matrix. If this option is used, `last-train` will be skipped and alignment parameters will be the same for each query.",
                    "fa_icon": "far fa-file-alt"
                },
                "lastal_args": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "default": "-C2 -D1e9",
                    "description": "Arguments passed to both `last-train` and `lastal`.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-align-center"
                },
                "lastal_extr_args": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Arguments passed only to `lastal` (useful when they are not recognised by `last-train`).",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-align-center"
                },
                "last_split_mismap": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "default": 0.00001,
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-cut",
                    "description": "Mismap probability cutoff for `last-split`."
                }
            },
            "fa_icon": "fas fa-cogs"
        },
        "dotplot_parameters": {
            "title": "Dotplot parameters",
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Customise dot-plots or skip them.",
            "default": "",
            "properties": {
                "dotplot_options": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Extra arguments passed to `last-dotplot` to customise the output. See <https://gitlab.com/mcfrith/last/-/blob/main/doc/last-dotplot.rst>.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-cog"
                },
                "skip_dotplot_o2m": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Do not generate the one-to-many alignment dot-plot.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-forward"
                },
                "skip_dotplot_o2o": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Do not generate the one-to-one alignment dot-plot.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-forward"
                },
                "skip_dotplot_m2o": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Do not generate the many-to-one alignment dot-plot.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-forward"
                },
                "skip_dotplot_m2m": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Do not generate the many-to-many alignment dot-plot.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-forward"
                }
            },
            "fa_icon": "fas fa-cogs"
        },
        "reference_genome_options": {
            "title": "Reference genome options",
            "type": "object",
            "fa_icon": "fas fa-dna",
            "description": "Reference genome related files and options required for the workflow.",
            "properties": {
                "genome": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Name of iGenomes reference.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-book",
                    "help_text": "If using a reference genome configured in the pipeline using iGenomes, use this parameter to give the ID for the reference. This is then used to build the full paths for all required reference genome files e.g. `--genome GRCh38`. \n\nSee the [nf-core website docs](https://nf-co.re/usage/reference_genomes) for more details."
                },
                "fasta": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "format": "file-path",
                    "exists": true,
                    "mimetype": "text/plain",
                    "pattern": "^\\S+\\.fn?a(sta)?(\\.gz)?$",
                    "description": "Path to FASTA genome file.",
                    "help_text": "This parameter is *mandatory* if `--genome` is not specified. If you don't have a BWA index available this will be generated for you automatically. Combine with `--save_reference` to save BWA index for future runs.",
                    "fa_icon": "far fa-file-code"
                },
                "igenomes_ignore": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Do not load the iGenomes reference config.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-ban",
                    "hidden": true,
                    "help_text": "Do not load `igenomes.config` when running the pipeline. You may choose this option if you observe clashes between custom parameters and those supplied in `igenomes.config`."
                }
            }
        },
        "institutional_config_options": {
            "title": "Institutional config options",
            "type": "object",
            "fa_icon": "fas fa-university",
            "description": "Parameters used to describe centralised config profiles. These should not be edited.",
            "help_text": "The centralised nf-core configuration profiles use a handful of pipeline parameters to describe themselves. This information is then printed to the Nextflow log when you run a pipeline. You should not need to change these values when you run a pipeline.",
            "properties": {
                "custom_config_version": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Git commit id for Institutional configs.",
                    "default": "master",
                    "hidden": true,
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-users-cog"
                },
                "custom_config_base": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Base directory for Institutional configs.",
                    "default": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/configs/master",
                    "hidden": true,
                    "help_text": "If you're running offline, Nextflow will not be able to fetch the institutional config files from the internet. If you don't need them, then this is not a problem. If you do need them, you should download the files from the repo and tell Nextflow where to find them with this parameter.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-users-cog"
                },
                "config_profile_name": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Institutional config name.",
                    "hidden": true,
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-users-cog"
                },
                "config_profile_description": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Institutional config description.",
                    "hidden": true,
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-users-cog"
                },
                "config_profile_contact": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Institutional config contact information.",
                    "hidden": true,
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-users-cog"
                },
                "config_profile_url": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Institutional config URL link.",
                    "hidden": true,
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-users-cog"
                }
            }
        },
        "max_job_request_options": {
            "title": "Max job request options",
            "type": "object",
            "fa_icon": "fab fa-acquisitions-incorporated",
            "description": "Set the top limit for requested resources for any single job.",
            "help_text": "If you are running on a smaller system, a pipeline step requesting more resources than are available may cause the Nextflow to stop the run with an error. These options allow you to cap the maximum resources requested by any single job so that the pipeline will run on your system.\n\nNote that you can not _increase_ the resources requested by any job using these options. For that you will need your own configuration file. See [the nf-core website](https://nf-co.re/usage/configuration) for details.",
            "properties": {
                "max_cpus": {
                    "type": "integer",
                    "description": "Maximum number of CPUs that can be requested for any single job.",
                    "default": 16,
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-microchip",
                    "hidden": true,
                    "help_text": "Use to set an upper-limit for the CPU requirement for each process. Should be an integer e.g. `--max_cpus 1`"
                },
                "max_memory": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Maximum amount of memory that can be requested for any single job.",
                    "default": "128.GB",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-memory",
                    "pattern": "^\\d+(\\.\\d+)?\\.?\\s*(K|M|G|T)?B$",
                    "hidden": true,
                    "help_text": "Use to set an upper-limit for the memory requirement for each process. Should be a string in the format integer-unit e.g. `--max_memory '8.GB'`"
                },
                "max_time": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Maximum amount of time that can be requested for any single job.",
                    "default": "240.h",
                    "fa_icon": "far fa-clock",
                    "pattern": "^(\\d+\\.?\\s*(s|m|h|d|day)\\s*)+$",
                    "hidden": true,
                    "help_text": "Use to set an upper-limit for the time requirement for each process. Should be a string in the format integer-unit e.g. `--max_time '2.h'`"
                }
            }
        },
        "generic_options": {
            "title": "Generic options",
            "type": "object",
            "fa_icon": "fas fa-file-import",
            "description": "Less common options for the pipeline, typically set in a config file.",
            "help_text": "These options are common to all nf-core pipelines and allow you to customise some of the core preferences for how the pipeline runs.\n\nTypically these options would be set in a Nextflow config file loaded for all pipeline runs, such as `~/.nextflow/config`.",
            "properties": {
                "help": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Display help text.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-question-circle",
                    "hidden": true
                },
                "version": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Display version and exit.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-question-circle",
                    "hidden": true
                },
                "publish_dir_mode": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "default": "copy",
                    "description": "Method used to save pipeline results to output directory.",
                    "help_text": "The Nextflow `publishDir` option specifies which intermediate files should be saved to the output directory. This option tells the pipeline what method should be used to move these files. See [Nextflow docs](https://www.nextflow.io/docs/latest/process.html#publishdir) for details.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-copy",
                    "enum": ["symlink", "rellink", "link", "copy", "copyNoFollow", "move"],
                    "hidden": true
                },
                "email_on_fail": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Email address for completion summary, only when pipeline fails.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-exclamation-triangle",
                    "pattern": "^([a-zA-Z0-9_\\-\\.]+)@([a-zA-Z0-9_\\-\\.]+)\\.([a-zA-Z]{2,5})$",
                    "help_text": "An email address to send a summary email to when the pipeline is completed - ONLY sent if the pipeline does not exit successfully.",
                    "hidden": true
                },
                "plaintext_email": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Send plain-text email instead of HTML.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-remove-format",
                    "hidden": true
                },
                "max_multiqc_email_size": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "File size limit when attaching MultiQC reports to summary emails.",
                    "pattern": "^\\d+(\\.\\d+)?\\.?\\s*(K|M|G|T)?B$",
                    "default": "25.MB",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-file-upload",
                    "hidden": true
                },
                "monochrome_logs": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Do not use coloured log outputs.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-palette",
                    "hidden": true
                },
                "hook_url": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Incoming hook URL for messaging service",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-people-group",
                    "help_text": "Incoming hook URL for messaging service. Currently, MS Teams and Slack are supported.",
                    "hidden": true
                },
                "multiqc_config": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "format": "file-path",
                    "description": "Custom config file to supply to MultiQC.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-cog",
                    "hidden": true
                },
                "multiqc_logo": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Custom logo file to supply to MultiQC. File name must also be set in the MultiQC config file",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-image",
                    "hidden": true
                },
                "multiqc_methods_description": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Custom MultiQC yaml file containing HTML including a methods description.",
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-cog"
                },
                "validate_params": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Boolean whether to validate parameters against the schema at runtime",
                    "default": true,
                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-check-square",
                    "hidden": true
                },
                "validationShowHiddenParams": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "fa_icon": "far fa-eye-slash",
                    "description": "Show all params when using `--help`",
                    "hidden": true,
                    "help_text": "By default, parameters set as _hidden_ in the schema are not shown on the command line when a user runs with `--help`. Specifying this option will tell the pipeline to show all parameters."
                },
                "validationFailUnrecognisedParams": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "fa_icon": "far fa-check-circle",
                    "description": "Validation of parameters fails when an unrecognised parameter is found.",
                    "hidden": true,
                    "help_text": "By default, when an unrecognised parameter is found, it returns a warinig."
                },
                "validationLenientMode": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "fa_icon": "far fa-check-circle",
                    "description": "Validation of parameters in lenient more.",
                    "hidden": true,
                    "help_text": "Allows string values that are parseable as numbers or booleans. For further information see [JSONSchema docs](https://github.com/everit-org/json-schema#lenient-mode)."
                },
                "pipelines_testdata_base_path": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "fa_icon": "far fa-check-circle",
                    "description": "Base URL or local path to location of pipeline test dataset files",
                    "default": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/test-datasets/",
                    "hidden": true
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "allOf": [
        {
            "$ref": "#/definitions/input_output_options"
        },
        {
            "$ref": "#/definitions/indexing_options"
        },
        {
            "$ref": "#/definitions/alignment_options"
        },
        {
            "$ref": "#/definitions/dotplot_parameters"
        },
        {
            "$ref": "#/definitions/reference_genome_options"
        },
        {
            "$ref": "#/definitions/institutional_config_options"
        },
        {
            "$ref": "#/definitions/max_job_request_options"
        },
        {
            "$ref": "#/definitions/generic_options"
        }
    ]
}