Import VCF

Import VCF file(s) from Opal file system. Requires that the destination project has a VCF store activated.

opal import-vcf <CREDENTIALS> <OPTIONS> [EXTRAS]

Options

Option

Description

--project PROJECT, -pr PROJECT

Project name into which genotypes data will be imported

--vcf FILE01 FILE02, -vcf FILE01 FILE02

List of VCF/BCF (optionally compressed) file paths (in Opal file system)

Credentials

Authentication can be done by username/password credentials OR by personal access token OR by certificate/private key pair (two-way SSL authentication).

Option

Description

--opal OPAL, -o OPAL

Opal server base url

--user USER, -u USER

Credentials auth: user name (requires a password)

--password PASSWORD, -p PASSWORD

Credentials auth: user password (requires a user name)

--token TOKEN, -tk TOKEN

Token auth: user’s personal access token

--ssl-cert SSL_CERT, -sc SSL_CERT

Two-way SSL auth: certificate/public key file (requires a private key)

--ssl-key SSL_KEY, -sk SSL_KEY

Two-way SSL auth: private key file (requires a certificate)

Extras

Option

Description

-h, --help

Show the command help’s message.

--verbose, -v

Verbose output.

--json, -j

Output pretty-print JSON

Example

Import VCF files into the project TEST:

opal import-vcf --opal https://opal-demo.obiba.org --user administrator --password password --project TEST --vcf /path/to/file01.vcf.gz /path/to/file02.vcf.gz