Using DAVID Web Service to classify genes into functional groups

Question

[langziv]

Hi.

On DAVID's website there's a python code with which one can use DAVID's services. This code includes the functions getTermClusterReport and getGeneClusterRepor, which are supposed to do the classifying. I couldn't find information about the parameters of these functions , so I'm unable to use them.

Does anyone know these functions or where to get more information in addition to this web page?

Answer 1

[Istvan Albert]

The documentation clearly is severely lacking. I would imagine that the Python library parameter naming matches that of the web API that is described here:

https://david.abcc.ncifcrf.gov/content.jsp?file=DAVID_API.html

on that page, you can see the parameter naming and the valid selections for each.

Answer 2

[langziv]

As I was instructed by the DAVID's support, one can figure out what parameters to write by using the program on the website and see what the default parameters are. Also, there's information about the parameters here and here.