NMDC Data Portal

The NMDC Data Portal is a web application researchers can use to discover and access standardized multi-omics microbiome data.

The main technologies upon which it is built are:

• Python and FastAPI

• PostgreSQL and SQLAlchemy

• Celery and Redis

• Vue.js and Vuetify

Dependencies

The NMDC Data Portal depends upon various Python and JavaScript libraries, which are listed in either of the following documents:

• Python dependencies

• Javascript dependencies

Architecture

API documentation

In addition to providing a web-based GUI (graphical user interface), the NMDC Data Portal also exposes an HTTP API. Researchers can use the latter to programmatically discover and access standardized multi-omics microbiome data.

Information about the HTTP API is in this wiki.

Development documentation

Here are some resources people can use to learn about the development of the NMDC Data Portal.

• Server and client development documentation

• Client architecture notes