#!/usr/bin/env python """ GTF.py Kamil Slowikowski December 24, 2013 Read GFF/GTF files. Works with gzip compressed files and pandas. http://useast.ensembl.org/info/website/upload/gff.html LICENSE This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain. Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means. In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this software under copyright law. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. For more information, please refer to """ from collections import defaultdict import gzip import pandas as pd import re GTF_HEADER = ['seqname', 'source', 'feature', 'start', 'end', 'score', 'strand', 'frame'] R_SEMICOLON = re.compile(r'\s*;\s*') R_COMMA = re.compile(r'\s*,\s*') R_KEYVALUE = re.compile(r'(\s+|\s*=\s*)') def dataframe(filename): """Open an optionally gzipped GTF file and return a pandas.DataFrame. """ # Each column is a list stored as a value in this dict. result = defaultdict(list) for i, line in enumerate(lines(filename)): for key in line.keys(): # This key has not been seen yet, so set it to None for all # previous lines. if key not in result: result[key] = [None] * i # Ensure this row has some value for each column. for key in result.keys(): result[key].append(line.get(key, None)) return pd.DataFrame(result) def lines(filename): """Open an optionally gzipped GTF file and generate a dict for each line. """ fn_open = gzip.open if filename.endswith('.gz') else open with fn_open(filename) as fh: for line in fh: if line.startswith('#'): continue else: yield parse(line) def parse(line): """Parse a single GTF line and return a dict. """ result = {} fields = line.rstrip().split('\t') for i, col in enumerate(GTF_HEADER): result[col] = _get_value(fields[i]) # INFO field consists of "key1=value;key2=value;...". infos = [x for x in re.split(R_SEMICOLON, fields[8]) if x.strip()] for i, info in enumerate(infos, 1): # It should be key="value". try: key, _, value = re.split(R_KEYVALUE, info, 1) # But sometimes it is just "value". except ValueError: key = 'INFO{}'.format(i) value = info # Ignore the field if there is no value. if value: result[key] = _get_value(value) return result def _get_value(value): if not value: return None # Strip double and single quotes. value = value.strip('"\'') # Return a list if the value has a comma. if ',' in value: value = re.split(R_COMMA, value) # These values are equivalent to None. elif value in ['', '.', 'NA']: return None return value