Revision as of 20:38, 13 January 2011

Install

Download and install Cytoscape
Install the plugin via the Cytoscape plugin manager
Now install a XML-RPC client for a programming language that you are familiar with and use the examples to create your first Cytoscape application.

A method of testing Cytoscape using Python.

Open Cytoscape and activate the plug-in (Plugins->Cytoscape RPC->Activate CytoscapeRPC) keep the default port and click 'OK'.
Open a python shell
Type in the following commands:

server = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:9000')

The shell should now display 'It works!'

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 =Install=
 * Download and install [http://www.cytoscape.org/ Cytoscape]
-* Download XmlRpc server packages from the [http://ws.apache.org/xmlrpc/ Apache foundation] and put the jars in the Cytoscape lib directory. If this does not work put the XmlRPC packages in the plugins directory.
+* Install the plugin via the Cytoscape plugin manager
-* Download [https://gforge.nbic.nl/projects/cytoscaperpc/ CytoscapeRPC] and put it in the Cytoscape plugin directory.
 * Now install a XML-RPC client for a programming language that you are familiar with and use the [https://wiki.nbic.nl/index.php/CytoscapeRPC#Client_Code_Examples examples] to create your first Cytoscape application.