4.1. Introduction

4.1.1. What is an algorithm store?

When using vantage6, it is important to know which algorithms are available to you. This is why vantage6 has algorithm stores. An algorithm store contains metadata about the algorithms so that you can easily find the algorithm you need, and know how to use it.

4.1.2. Community store

There is a community algorithm store hosted at https://store.cotopaxi.vantage6.ai. This store is maintained by the vantage6 community and allows you to easily reuse algorithms developed by others. You can also create your own algorithm store. This allows you to create a private algorithm store, which is only available to your own collaborations.

4.1.3. Linking algorithm stores

Algorithm stores can be linked to a vantage6 server or to a specific collaboration on a server. If an algorithm store is linked to a server, the algorithms in the store are available to all collaborations on that server. If an algorithm store is linked to a collaboration, the algorithms in the store are only available to that collaboration.

Users can link algorithm stores to a collaboration if they have permission to modify that collaboration. Algorithm stores can only be linked to a server by users that have permission to modify all collaborations on the server.

To link an algorithm store, go to the collaboration settings page on the UI or use the Python client function client.store.create(). When linking a store to a server, you need to provide the algorithm store URL, a name to refer to the store, and the collaboration ID of the collaboration you want to link the store to. Alternatively, you can link a store to all collaborations on the server by not providing a collaboration ID.