Using MultiQC from Python to add to an existing report

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The MultiQC Grouped Samples blog post has a section titled MultiQC as a Library demonstrating how to use Python code to generate flexible custom content, and an example of creating a stand-alone report.

The following link in the post is broken:

See the new Using MultiQC in interactive environments page to learn more about MultiQC Python functions.

I would like to add a section to an existing MultiQC report using Python. Could anyone give me an example for how to do so, or point me to documentation on this? Thanks in advance!

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Hi Tim,

You can load the previous report from a parquet file: multiqc.parse_logs('multiqc_data/BETA-multiqc.parquet'), and then add a new section with e.g. multiqc.parse_logs('more_data/'). Following by multiqc.write_report().

Let me know if that helps!

Vlad