Parameters an Data Formatting

Parameters

Outbreak.info local requires two parameter files for fully functionality

  1. Website parameters

  2. Bjorn parameters

Additonally, if the bjorn service is going to be used, there is one parameter that must be changed in the docker-compose.yml file, located here.

  • Recommeneded use is to replace this line with the absolute path of the bjorn submodule

The website parameter file is nameed localConfig.json and can be found under

/web/src/localConfig.json
Parameters in Website Configuration

Parameter Name

Parameter Type

Description

localBuildName

String

the title of the build and website

siteUrl

String

the url at which the website will be deployed

locationFocus

String (Opt.)

the location around which the data focuses

pathToZipcodes

String (Opt.)

the relative path to the zipcode geojson file (REMOVE IF NO ZIPCODE INFORMATION)

cores

Int

the number of cores to run bjorn with

gaTracking

String

google analytics tracking placeholder

zipcodeFocus

String (Opt.)

the area we have zipcodes for (REMOVE IF NO ZIPCODE INFORMATION)

Parameters for Bjorn

Parameter Name

Parameter Type

Description

Data Formatting

Sequencing Data Formatting

If using the dockerized version of bjorn included in outbreak.info local, sequencing data must be formatted in the style of the Andersen Lab Repository.Specifically it must contain

/consensus_sequences

with .fasta consensus sequences and

/metadata.csv

with metadata formated using the same template. The url to the repository must be specified in bjorn configuration file as discussed above.

Zipcode Data Formatting

If you would like to include zipcode information, include the parameter zipcodeFocus in the localConfig.json configuration file.

Choropleths using zipcode data are a new feature added to the outbreak.info local project. The data for this feature must be provided in a .geojson file in the same format as the example file here.