CreatePathwayCreate a new pathway on the wiki in WikiPathways Webservices
A documented WikiPathways Webservices operation that changes something in your account. Describe the outcome you want in plain words — HumDay writes the program, proves it, and runs it.
What this operation does
createPathwayCreate a new pathway on the wiki with the given GPML code.
- POSTChanges data · All functions
webservice.wikipathways.org/createPathway
How HumDay uses it
- You describe the outcome. Not this operation by name — what you want to happen. HumDay works out which operations it needs.
- The contract names it. Before anything is built, you see exactly which WikiPathways Webservices operations the program may use, and this is one of them.
- You approve access. Because this one changes data, it cannot run until you have explicitly granted it.
Other WikiPathways Webservices operations
- LoginStart a logged in sessionGET · reads data
- GetPathwayAsDownload a pathway in the specified file formatGET · reads data
- ListPathwaysGET · reads data
- ListOrganismsGET · reads data
- UpdatePathwayUpdate a pathway on the wiki with the given GPML codeGET · reads data
- GetUserByOrcidGET · reads data
- SaveOntologyTagGET · reads data
- FindInteractionsFind interactions defined in WikiPathways pathwaysGET · reads data
Questions
- Can HumDay createpathwaycreate a new pathway on the wiki in WikiPathways Webservices?
- Yes. This operation is published in WikiPathways Webservices's own API description, so HumDay can use it without a hand-built connector — once you have approved it for your automation.
- Will this change my WikiPathways Webservices data?
- Yes — this is a POST operation, so it changes something in WikiPathways Webservices. HumDay holds anything that writes behind an approval you grant explicitly, and the contract you approve says what it may touch.
- Do I need to write code?
- No. You describe the outcome you want in plain words. HumDay agrees a contract with you, writes the program, and shows you a proof run before anything touches your WikiPathways Webservices account.
Where this came from
Read from a published API description for WikiPathways Webservices at webservice.wikipathways.org/index.php?swagger. The description above is the provider’s own wording, not ours. Last published 2021-06-21.