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WikiPathways can be accessed programmatically through a [[wikipedia:Web_service#Service-oriented_architecture|SOAP web service]]. See code examples below. There are also simple [[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/API|REST API]] calls available. These services provide powerful means to query, access and interact with the pathway content at WikiPathways. Read all about it in this [http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006447 PLoS ONE article].
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WikiPathways can be accessed programmatically through a REST web service. These services provide powerful means to query, access and interact with the pathway content at WikiPathways.  
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''Note:'' The Atlas Mapper showcase has been discontinued, as the ArrayExpress Atlas team took down the SOAP service that this showcase depends on. [[Help:WikiPathways_Webservice/AtlasMapper|On this page]], you can still find the source code for examples of how to use the WikiPathways web service.
 
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== Test Drive ==
 
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Take the WikiPathways web service for a full-featured test drive:
 
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# Install the free testing tool, [http://www.soapui.org/ SoapUI] ''(web start version is also available)''.
 
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# Load [http://www.wikipathways.org/wpi/webservice/webservice.php?wsdl our WSDL file].
 
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== How to cite ==
 
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== API Reference ==
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See the [https://webservice.wikipathways.org Swagger] page for a list of available web service functions and data structures.
=== Java libraries ===
=== Java libraries ===
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The pathways on WikiPathways are stored in the GPML format. This is an XML format and can be processed in any programming language. See [http://developers.pathvisio.org/wiki/EverythingGpml here] for the GPML specification. If you are developing in Java, we recommend using our [[#Java libraries|Java libraries]].
The pathways on WikiPathways are stored in the GPML format. This is an XML format and can be processed in any programming language. See [http://developers.pathvisio.org/wiki/EverythingGpml here] for the GPML specification. If you are developing in Java, we recommend using our [[#Java libraries|Java libraries]].
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=== SOAP libraries ===
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=== Libraries ===
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For most programming languages, libraries exist to make working with SOAP web service easier. Below is a short list of SOAP libraries for popular programming languages that might help you work with the WikiPathways web service.
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Below is a short list of libraries for popular programming languages that might help you work with the WikiPathways web service.
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* Java:
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* R: The rWikiPathways package with vignettes at [https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/rWikiPathways.html bioconductor].
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** [http://ws.apache.org/axis/java/index.html Apache Axis]
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* Java: Java API client with code examples at [https://github.com/wikipathways/wikipathways-api-client-java github].
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** See the [[#Java|Java example code]]
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* Perl: Perl API client with code examples at [https://github.com/wikipathways/wikipathways-api-client-perl github].
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* Php: Example scripts at [https://github.com/wikipathways/scripts/ github].
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** [http://www.soaplite.com/ SOAP::Lite]
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* Python: Python API client with code examples at [https://github.com/wikipathways/wikipathways-api-client-py github].
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** [http://nl.php.net/soap SOAP] (official php soap library)
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** [http://phpsoaptoolkit.sourceforge.net/phpsoap/ PHP-SOAP]
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** [http://pywebsvcs.sourceforge.net/ SOAPpy]
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** [http://trac.optio.webfactional.com/ soaplib]
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** [https://github.com/muntisa/PyWikiPathways Additional Example] contributed by Cristian R Munteanu
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== Example Code ==
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== Other Examples ==
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Below you find some small example scripts in various languages that may help to get you started.
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=== Java ===
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Use the [[#Java libraries|wikipathways-client and PathVisio libraries]] to access the WikiPathways web service from Java. Below is a short example program in Java.
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package org.pathvisio.wikipathways;
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import java.io.File;
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import java.net.URL;
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import org.bridgedb.Xref;
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import org.bridgedb.bio.BioDataSource;
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import org.pathvisio.model.ObjectType;
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import org.pathvisio.model.Pathway;
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import org.pathvisio.model.PathwayElement;
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import org.pathvisio.wikipathways.WikiPathwaysClient;
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import org.pathvisio.wikipathways.webservice.WSPathway;
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import org.pathvisio.wikipathways.webservice.WSPathwayInfo;
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import org.pathvisio.wikipathways.webservice.WSSearchResult;
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public class Example {
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public static void main(String[] args) {
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try {
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//Create a client to the WikiPathways web service
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WikiPathwaysClient client = new WikiPathwaysClient(
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new URL("http://www.wikipathways.org/wpi/webservice/webservice.php")
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//Find a pathway by affymetrix probeset
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Xref affy = new Xref("201746_at", BioDataSource.AFFY);
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System.out.println("Searching for pathways with Affymetrix probeset " + affy);
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WSSearchResult[] result = client.findPathwaysByXref(affy);
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for(WSSearchResult r : result) {
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System.out.println("Found pathway: " + r.getName() + " (" + r.getSpecies() + ")");
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}
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//Download a pathway from WikiPathways
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WSPathway wsPathway = client.getPathway("WP274");
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System.out.println("Downloaded pathway " + wsPathway.getName() +
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", revision " + wsPathway.getRevision());
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//Create a pathway object
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Pathway pathway = WikiPathwaysClient.toPathway(wsPathway);
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//Get all genes, proteins and metabolites for a pathway
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for(PathwayElement pwElm : pathway.getDataObjects()) {
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//Only take elements with type DATANODE (genes, proteins, metabolites)
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if(pwElm.getObjectType() == ObjectType.DATANODE) {
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//Print information to the screen
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System.out.println(pwElm.getTextLabel());
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System.out.println("\t" + pwElm.getXref());
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System.out.println("\t" + pwElm.getDataNodeType());
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//Save the pathway locally
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pathway.writeToXml(new File(wsPathway.getName() + ".gpml"), true);
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WSPathwayInfo[] pathwayList = client.listPathways();
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for(WSPathwayInfo pathwayInfo : pathwayList) {
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System.out.println("Pathway:");
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System.out.println("\tIdentifier:\t" + pathwayInfo.getId());
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System.out.println("\tName:\t" + pathwayInfo.getName());
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System.out.println("\tOrganism:\t" + pathwayInfo.getSpecies());
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}
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e.printStackTrace();
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java -classpath wikipathways-client.jar:. org.pathvisio.wikipathways.Example
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This is a short example of a few ways to interact with the WikiPathways web service in Perl.
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<pre>
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#!perl -w
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use strict;
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# Load module
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use SOAP::Lite;
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# Debugging (optional)
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#SOAP::Lite->import(+trace => qw(debug));
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# Create service interface with fault handler
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my $wp_soap = SOAP::Lite
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->proxy('http://www.wikipathways.org/wpi/webservice/webservice.php')
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->uri('http://www.wikipathways.org/webservice')
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->on_fault(sub {
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my $soap = shift;
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my $res = shift;
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# Map faults to exceptions
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if(ref($res) eq '') {
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die($res);
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} else {
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die($res->faultstring);
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return new SOAP::SOM;
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# listOrganisms (no args; returns array of strings)
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my @orgList = $wp_soap->listOrganisms()->paramsout;
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unshift(@orgList, $wp_soap->listOrganisms()->result); #add first result to list
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$" = ", ";  # change list separator
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print "listOrganisms: @orgList\n";
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# getPathwayInfo (one arg; returns hash reference)
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my $pwId = SOAP::Data->name(pwId => "WP274");
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my $pathwayInfo =  $wp_soap->getPathwayInfo($pwId)->result;
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print "\ngetPathwayInfo(pwId=WP274):\n";
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foreach my $key (keys %{$pathwayInfo}) {
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print "\t$key: $pathwayInfo->{$key}\n";
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# findPathwaysByXref (multiple args; returns array of hash references)
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ids => '201746_at',
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my @foundPathwayRefList = $wp_soap->findPathwaysByXref($argsXrefData)->paramsout;
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unshift(@foundPathwayRefList, $wp_soap->findPathwaysByXref($argsXrefData)->result); #add first result to list
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print "\nfindPathwaysByXref(id=201746_at, code=X):\n";
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foreach my $f (@{ $ref->{$key} }) {
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my $name = $f->{'name'};
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print "$name: $value";
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print "\t$key: $ref->{$key}\n";
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# Color the pathway element on pathway WP722 identified by GraphID 'c8d79' blue.
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my $pwId = SOAP::Data->name(pwId => "WP722");
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my $color=SOAP::Data->name(color => "0000FF");
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my $graphId=SOAP::Data->name(graphId=>"c8d79");
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my $revision=SOAP::Data->name(revision => 0);
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my $graph=$wp_soap->getColoredPathway($pwId,$revision,$graphId,$color,$fileType)->result;
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open (FILE, ">test.svg");
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binmode(FILE);
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my $decoded = decode_base64($graph);
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syswrite(FILE, $decoded);
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close(FILE);
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# Print out function for query results (see code below function first)
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url = 'http://www.wikipathways.org/wpi/webservice/webservice.php'
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namespace = 'http://www.wikipathways.org/webservice'
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server = SOAPProxy(url, namespace)
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print '\nSupported organisms at WikiPathways'
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print '\nPathway information for %s' % pathway
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printOutput([pathway_info])
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print '\nPathways containing the gene ID "%s" for system code "%s"' % (gi,sc)
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[http://www.helixsoft.nl/blog/?p=153 This blog post] contains an example of how to use the WikiPathways webservice in Groovy.
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== How to cite ==
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Kelder T, Pico AR, Hanspers K, van Iersel MP, Evelo C, Conklin BR. (2009) '''Mining Biological Pathways Using WikiPathways Web Services.''' PLoS ONE 4(7): [http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0006447 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006447]
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Web Services for WikiPathways

WikiPathways can be accessed programmatically through a REST web service. These services provide powerful means to query, access and interact with the pathway content at WikiPathways.

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API Reference

See the Swagger page for a list of available web service functions and data structures.

Java libraries

You can get a high-level API to the WikiPathways web service here: source compiled binaries (choose the most recent wikipathways_client_bin-*).

Working with GPML

The pathways on WikiPathways are stored in the GPML format. This is an XML format and can be processed in any programming language. See here for the GPML specification. If you are developing in Java, we recommend using our Java libraries.

Libraries

Below is a short list of libraries for popular programming languages that might help you work with the WikiPathways web service.

  • R: The rWikiPathways package with vignettes at bioconductor.
  • Java: Java API client with code examples at github.
  • Perl: Perl API client with code examples at github.
  • Php: Example scripts at github.
  • Python: Python API client with code examples at github.

Other Examples

Groovy

This blog post contains an example of how to use the WikiPathways webservice in Groovy.

How to cite

Kelder T, Pico AR, Hanspers K, van Iersel MP, Evelo C, Conklin BR. (2009) Mining Biological Pathways Using WikiPathways Web Services. PLoS ONE 4(7): doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006447

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