conkit.io.fasta module

Parser module specific to FASTA sequence files

class FastaParser[source]

Bases: conkit.io._parser.SequenceFileParser

Parser class for FASTA sequence files

read(f_handle, f_id='fasta')[source]

Read a sequence file

Parameters:
  • f_handle – Open file handle [read permissions]
  • f_id (str, optional) – Unique sequence file identifier
Returns:
Return type:

SequenceFile
Raises:

ValueError – FASTA record needs to start with >
write(f_handle, hierarchy)[source]

Write a sequence file instance to to file

Parameters: