Konstel(lations)

Not yet stable, proceed with caution

An extensible command line tool and library for generating memorable and pronounceable hash-based identifier schemes for sequences, biological or otherwise. For further details and my SARS-CoV-2 naming proposal, please read my blog post.

Install

# Python >= 3.6
pip install konstel

# Latest
pip install git+https://github.com/bede/konstel

Usage

Command line

$ konstel gen sars-cov-2-s.genome konstel/tests/data/spike2.genome.fa --output table
scheme               sars-cov-2-s   
hash                 S:w80qgz2k1fdds6x4mknxazm7psed5knd
hash-4               S:w80q         
id                   S:gofabil  

$ echo "ACGT" | konstel gen generic.nucl - --output table
scheme               generic        
hash                 4449jkgqyv6akzs3aaptjav527dger1m
id                   bodafanoja      

Python

>>> from konstel import konstel
>>> konstel.generate('sars-cov-2-s.protein', 'konstel/tests/data/spike.prot.fa')
{"scheme": "sars-cov-2-s", "hash": "S:c52gdyc7v1dfznny48hfkn1g8ax2yx8f", "hash-4": "S:c52g", "id": "S:dodidib"}