Shiny interface for WDL pipelines

[gadepallivs]

Hello,Is it possible to create a UI using rshiny for wdl pipeline, so that the user can set the JSON file parameters( input and output) via the rshiny UI and then, on click of a button trigger the run of the WDL pipeline? If so, can you share any examples or publications that have implemented this?

[hailiangmei]

Hi, we don't have such a usecase locally as we run biowdl pipelines using cromwell or miniwdl all through command line. But it is definitely possible to create a UI program (e.g., sitting on a node in a HPC cluster) so that the job submission can be triggered via this UI as you described. Other alternative approach could be creating a tool interface in Galaxy or leveraging what is already provided in cromwell server (similar to an old but obsolete attempt https://github.com/epam/wdl-workspace).