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-Contents of the repository:
-* Swagger definition files for the server API:
-  * `swagger-pcmaweb.yaml`
-  * `swagger-pcmaweb.json`
-  These can easily be edited on http://editor.swagger.io
diff --git a/swagger-pcmaweb.json b/swagger-pcmaweb.json
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-{
-    "swagger": "2.0",
-    "info": {
-        "version": "0.0.0",
-        "title": "PCMAWeb API Specification"
-    },
-    "paths": {
-        "/phenotypes": {
-            "get": {
-                "description": "Gets the list of available phenotypes\n",
-                "responses": {
-                    "200": {
-                        "description": "List of the available phenotypes",
-                        "schema": {
-                            "title": "ArrayOfPhenotypes",
-                            "type": "array",
-                            "items": {
-                                "title": "Phenotype",
-                                "type": "object",
-                                "properties": {
-                                    "id": {
-                                        "type": "string"
-                                    },
-                                    "label": {
-                                        "type": "string"
-                                    }
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        },
-        "/projects": {
-            "post": {
-                "description": "Create a new project from a selection of phenotypes\n",
-                "parameters": [
-                    {
-                        "name": "phenotypeID",
-                        "in": "formData",
-                        "description": "IDs of the phenotypes selected for the project",
-                        "required": true,
-                        "type": "array",
-                        "items": {
-                            "type": "string"
-                        }
-                    }
-                ],
-                "responses": {
-                    "200": {
-                        "description": "Project created",
-                        "schema": {
-                            "title": "ProjectID",
-                            "type": "string"
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            },
-            "get": {
-                "description": "Gets `Project` characteristics (listed phenotypes).\n",
-                "responses": {
-                    "200": {
-                        "description": "Retrieved project",
-                        "schema": {
-                            "title": "ArrayOfPhenotypes",
-                            "type": "array",
-                            "items": {
-                                "title": "Phenotype",
-                                "type": "object",
-                                "properties": {
-                                    "id": {
-                                        "type": "string"
-                                    },
-                                    "label": {
-                                        "type": "string"
-                                    }
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        },
-        "/projects/{projectID}": {
-            "get": {
-                "description": "Retrieve a project definition\n",
-                "parameters": [
-                    {
-                        "in": "path",
-                        "name": "projectID",
-                        "description": "project ID",
-                        "required": true,
-                        "type": "string"
-                    }
-                ],
-                "responses": {
-                    "200": {
-                        "description": "Retrieved project",
-                        "schema": {
-                            "title": "Phenotype",
-                            "type": "object",
-                            "properties": {
-                                "id": {
-                                    "type": "string"
-                                },
-                                "label": {
-                                    "type": "string"
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        },
-        "/projects/{projectID}/genome": {
-            "get": {
-                "description": "Retrieve genome panel data for a given project\n",
-                "parameters": [
-                    {
-                        "in": "path",
-                        "name": "projectID",
-                        "description": "project ID",
-                        "required": true,
-                        "type": "string"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "threshold",
-                        "in": "query",
-                        "description": "significance threshold for the SNPs",
-                        "required": false,
-                        "type": "number"
-                    }
-                ],
-                "produces": [
-                    "text/tab-separated-values; charset=utf-8"
-                ],
-                "responses": {
-                    "200": {
-                        "description": "Genome panel data in TSV format, where each column is position:chrid:p-value\n",
-                        "schema": {
-                            "title": "Genome panel data",
-                            "type": "string"
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        },
-        "/projects/{projectID}/datazoom": {
-            "get": {
-                "description": "Manhattan plot and heatmap data\n",
-                "parameters": [
-                    {
-                        "in": "path",
-                        "name": "projectID",
-                        "description": "project ID",
-                        "required": true,
-                        "type": "string"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "threshold",
-                        "in": "query",
-                        "description": "significance threshold for the SNPs",
-                        "required": false,
-                        "type": "number"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "start-pos",
-                        "in": "query",
-                        "description": "start position  for the SNPs",
-                        "required": false,
-                        "type": "number"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "end-pos",
-                        "in": "query",
-                        "description": "end position  for the SNPs",
-                        "required": false,
-                        "type": "number"
-                    }
-                ],
-                "produces": [
-                    "text/tab-separated-values; charset=utf-8"
-                ],
-                "responses": {
-                    "200": {
-                        "description": "Manhattan plot and heatmap data in TSV format\nEach line is a SNP with the first column containing the SNP ID, the second the Chromosome ID and the third the position (absolute or relative in the chromosome?), the fourth the joint statistic, and the 5th and following columns the phenotype-specific statistics.\n",
-                        "schema": {
-                            "title": "Manhattan plot/Heatmap data",
-                            "type": "string"
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
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-swagger: '2.0'
-
-info:
-  version: "0.0.0"
-  title: PCMAWeb API Specification
-
-paths:
-  /phenotypes:
-    get:
-      description: |
-        Gets the list of available phenotypes
-      responses:
-        200:
-          description: List of the available phenotypes
-          schema:
-            title: ArrayOfPhenotypes
-            type: array
-            items:
-              title: Phenotype
-              type: object
-              properties:
-                id:
-                  type: string
-                label:
-                  type: string
-  /projects:
-    post:
-      description: |
-        Create a new project from a selection of phenotypes
-      parameters:
-        - name: phenotypeID
-          in: formData
-          description: IDs of the phenotypes selected for the project
-          required: true
-          type: array
-          items:
-            type: string
-      responses:
-        200:
-          description: Project created
-          schema:
-            title: ProjectID
-            type: string
-    get:
-      description: |
-        Gets `Project` characteristics (listed phenotypes).
-      responses:
-        200:
-          description: Retrieved project
-          schema:
-            title: ArrayOfPhenotypes
-            type: array
-            items:
-              title: Phenotype
-              type: object
-              properties:
-                id:
-                  type: string
-                label:
-                  type: string
-  /projects/{projectID}:
-    get:
-      description: |
-        Retrieve a project definition
-      parameters:
-        - in: path
-          name: projectID
-          description: project ID
-          required: true
-          type: string
-      responses:
-        200:
-          description: Retrieved project
-          schema:
-            title: Phenotype
-            type: object
-            properties:
-              id:
-                type: string
-              label:
-                type: string
-  /projects/{projectID}/genome:
-    get:
-      description: |
-        Retrieve genome panel data for a given project
-      parameters:
-        - in: path
-          name: projectID
-          description: project ID
-          required: true
-          type: string
-        - name: threshold
-          in: query
-          description: significance threshold for the SNPs
-          required: false
-          type: number
-      produces: 
-        - "text/tab-separated-values; charset=utf-8"
-      responses:
-        200:
-          description: |
-            Genome panel data in TSV format, where each column is position:chrid:p-value
-          schema:
-            title: Genome panel data
-            type: string
-  /projects/{projectID}/datazoom:
-    get:
-      description: |
-        Manhattan plot and heatmap data
-      parameters:
-        - in: path
-          name: projectID
-          description: project ID
-          required: true
-          type: string
-        - name: threshold
-          in: query
-          description: significance threshold for the SNPs
-          required: false
-          type: number
-        - name: start-pos
-          in: query
-          description: start position  for the SNPs
-          required: false
-          type: number
-        - name: end-pos
-          in: query
-          description: end position  for the SNPs
-          required: false
-          type: number
-      produces: 
-        - "text/tab-separated-values; charset=utf-8"
-      responses:
-        200:
-          description: |
-            Manhattan plot and heatmap data in TSV format
-            Each line is a SNP with the first column containing the SNP ID, the second the Chromosome ID and the third the position (absolute or relative in the chromosome?), the fourth the joint statistic, and the 5th and following columns the phenotype-specific statistics.
-          schema:
-            title: Manhattan plot/Heatmap data
-            type: string
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