Application Programming Interface (API) Tutorials
How to guides for the VFB Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).
Worked examples
the seven learning sessions on the VFB Self-led Learning Sessions works through this against live VFB data, in Python, R, an MCP-capable assistant, VFB Chat and the 3D browser. Free, self-paced and open to anyone.
Worked examples for reaching VFB from code — VFB_connect for VFB’s own data, and the wider Python
and R toolchain (navis, pymaid, neuprint, natverse) for analysis and for data held elsewhere. For
endpoint reference rather than worked examples, see APIs; for installing
these tools in the first place, and quick starts for each, see Tools.
VFB connect API overview
The VFB connect API provides programmatic access to the databases underlying VFB
OpenNeuron display in VFBconnect
This guide will help you use the VFBConnect library to interact with Virtual Fly Brain (VFB) data, specifically focusing on working with …
OpenDownloading Images via API
This guide will show you how to use VFBconnect to download images from the Virtual Fly Brain (VFB) based on a dataset.
OpenSOLR API
How to programatically search for a term.
OpenExploring Neurons in Navis
How to explore the properties of `TreeNeurons` using navis.
OpenPlotting Neurons with Navis
How to plot neurons in 2D and 3D using navis.
Openpymaid
pymaid (python-catmaid) lets you interface with a CATMAID server such as those provided by VFB.
OpenNBLAST
NBLAST is a method to quantify morphological similarity.
Openneuprint
Several Janelia datasets are accessible via neuprint and can be interfaced with programmatically using neuprint-python.
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