diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@ This python script is a quick hack to download data from Globus via HTTPS and without having to set up any Globus-specific tools. This is convenient if you simply want to download data from a Globus collection, and don't wish to set up their complex proprietary tooling. +# How it works + +We use [globus-sdk](https://pypi.org/project/globus-sdk/) to traverse the file tree in our Globus collection and obtain HTTPS links for them. Then, we download the files authenticating using cookies extracted from the Globus web app. + +Really, this is hacky abuse of the single file HTTPS download links that the Globus web app provides. Doing everything through globus-sdk would be preferable, but I haven't figured out how. And, it works for now. + # Dependencies [globus-sdk](https://pypi.org/project/globus-sdk/) and requests are the only dependencies. The easiest way to obtain them is to use GNU Guix. You will need the [guix-bioinformatics channel](https://git.genenetwork.org/guix-bioinformatics/about/). |