load_annotations#
- load_annotations(*, path: str | PathLike | PurePath | Path, seqids: str | None = None, db: SupportsFeatures | None = None, write_path: str | PathLike | PurePath | Path = ':memory:', lines_per_block: int | None = 500000, show_progress: bool = False) SupportsFeatures#
loads annotations from flatfile into a db
- Parameters:
- path
path to a plain text file containing features
- seqids
only features whose seqid matches a provided identifier are returned, the default is all features.
- db
an existing feature db to add these records to. Must be of a compatible type.
- write_path
where the constructed database should be written, defaults to memory only
- lines_per_block
number of lines to insert into the db per iteration. This can help with memory usage. Only applies to gff files.
- show_progress
applied only if loading features from multiple files
Notes
We DO NOT check if a provided db already contains records from a flatfile.