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    • Basics
      • Preprocessing and clustering
      • Preprocessing and clustering 3k PBMCs (legacy workflow)
      • Integrating data using ingest and BBKNN
    • Plotting
      • Core plotting functions
      • Customizing Scanpy plots
    • Trajectories
      • Trajectory inference for hematopoiesis in mouse
    • Spatial
      • Analysis and visualization of spatial transcriptomics data
      • Integrating spatial data with scRNA-seq using scanorama
    • Experimental
      • How to preprocess UMI count data with analytic Pearson residuals
      • Using dask with Scanpy
  • Usage Principles
  • How to
    • Using other kNN libraries in Scanpy
    • Plotting with Marsilea
  • API
    • Preprocessing: pp
      • scanpy.pp.calculate_qc_metrics
      • scanpy.pp.filter_cells
      • scanpy.pp.filter_genes
      • scanpy.pp.highly_variable_genes
      • scanpy.pp.log1p
      • scanpy.pp.pca
      • scanpy.pp.normalize_total
      • scanpy.pp.regress_out
      • scanpy.pp.scale
      • scanpy.pp.subsample
      • scanpy.pp.downsample_counts
      • scanpy.pp.recipe_zheng17
      • scanpy.pp.recipe_weinreb17
      • scanpy.pp.recipe_seurat
      • scanpy.pp.combat
      • scanpy.pp.scrublet
      • scanpy.pp.scrublet_simulate_doublets
      • scanpy.pp.neighbors
    • Tools: tl
      • scanpy.pp.pca
      • scanpy.tl.tsne
      • scanpy.tl.umap
      • scanpy.tl.draw_graph
      • scanpy.tl.diffmap
      • scanpy.tl.embedding_density
      • scanpy.tl.leiden
      • scanpy.tl.louvain
      • scanpy.tl.dendrogram
      • scanpy.tl.dpt
      • scanpy.tl.paga
      • scanpy.tl.ingest
      • scanpy.tl.rank_genes_groups
      • scanpy.tl.filter_rank_genes_groups
      • scanpy.tl.marker_gene_overlap
      • scanpy.tl.score_genes
      • scanpy.tl.score_genes_cell_cycle
      • scanpy.tl.sim
    • Plotting: pl
      • scanpy.pl.scatter
      • scanpy.pl.heatmap
      • scanpy.pl.dotplot
      • scanpy.pl.tracksplot
      • scanpy.pl.violin
      • scanpy.pl.stacked_violin
      • scanpy.pl.matrixplot
      • scanpy.pl.clustermap
      • scanpy.pl.ranking
      • scanpy.pl.dendrogram
      • scanpy.pl.DotPlot
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.DEFAULT_CATEGORY_HEIGHT
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.DEFAULT_CATEGORY_WIDTH
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.DEFAULT_COLORMAP
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.DEFAULT_COLOR_LEGEND_TITLE
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.DEFAULT_COLOR_ON
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.DEFAULT_DOT_EDGECOLOR
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.DEFAULT_DOT_EDGELW
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.DEFAULT_DOT_MAX
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.DEFAULT_DOT_MIN
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.DEFAULT_LARGEST_DOT
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.DEFAULT_LEGENDS_WIDTH
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.DEFAULT_PLOT_X_PADDING
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.DEFAULT_PLOT_Y_PADDING
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.DEFAULT_SAVE_PREFIX
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.DEFAULT_SIZE_EXPONENT
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.DEFAULT_SIZE_LEGEND_TITLE
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.DEFAULT_SMALLEST_DOT
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.DEFAULT_WSPACE
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.MAX_NUM_CATEGORIES
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.MIN_FIGURE_HEIGHT
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.add_dendrogram
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.add_totals
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.get_axes
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.getdoc
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.legend
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.make_figure
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.savefig
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.show
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.style
        • scanpy.pl.DotPlot.swap_axes
      • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.DEFAULT_CATEGORY_HEIGHT
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.DEFAULT_CATEGORY_WIDTH
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.DEFAULT_COLORMAP
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.DEFAULT_COLOR_LEGEND_TITLE
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.DEFAULT_EDGE_COLOR
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.DEFAULT_EDGE_LW
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.DEFAULT_LEGENDS_WIDTH
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.DEFAULT_SAVE_PREFIX
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.DEFAULT_WSPACE
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.MAX_NUM_CATEGORIES
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.MIN_FIGURE_HEIGHT
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.add_dendrogram
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.add_totals
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.get_axes
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.getdoc
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.legend
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.make_figure
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.savefig
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.show
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.style
        • scanpy.pl.MatrixPlot.swap_axes
      • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.DEFAULT_CATEGORY_HEIGHT
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.DEFAULT_CATEGORY_WIDTH
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.DEFAULT_COLORMAP
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.DEFAULT_COLOR_LEGEND_TITLE
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.DEFAULT_CUT
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.DEFAULT_DENSITY_NORM
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.DEFAULT_INNER
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.DEFAULT_JITTER
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.DEFAULT_JITTER_SIZE
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.DEFAULT_LEGENDS_WIDTH
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.DEFAULT_LINE_WIDTH
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.DEFAULT_PLOT_X_PADDING
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.DEFAULT_PLOT_YTICKLABELS
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.DEFAULT_PLOT_Y_PADDING
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.DEFAULT_ROW_PALETTE
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.DEFAULT_SAVE_PREFIX
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.DEFAULT_STRIPPLOT
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.DEFAULT_WSPACE
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.DEFAULT_YLIM
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.MAX_NUM_CATEGORIES
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.MIN_FIGURE_HEIGHT
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.add_dendrogram
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.add_totals
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.get_axes
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.getdoc
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.legend
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.make_figure
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.savefig
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.show
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.style
        • scanpy.pl.StackedViolin.swap_axes
      • scanpy.pl.highest_expr_genes
      • scanpy.pl.filter_genes_dispersion
      • scanpy.pl.highly_variable_genes
      • scanpy.pl.scrublet_score_distribution
      • scanpy.pl.pca
      • scanpy.pl.pca_loadings
      • scanpy.pl.pca_variance_ratio
      • scanpy.pl.pca_overview
      • scanpy.pl.tsne
      • scanpy.pl.umap
      • scanpy.pl.diffmap
      • scanpy.pl.draw_graph
      • scanpy.pl.spatial
      • scanpy.pl.embedding
      • scanpy.pl.embedding_density
      • scanpy.pl.dpt_groups_pseudotime
      • scanpy.pl.dpt_timeseries
      • scanpy.pl.paga
      • scanpy.pl.paga_path
      • scanpy.pl.paga_compare
      • scanpy.pl.rank_genes_groups
      • scanpy.pl.rank_genes_groups_violin
      • scanpy.pl.rank_genes_groups_stacked_violin
      • scanpy.pl.rank_genes_groups_heatmap
      • scanpy.pl.rank_genes_groups_dotplot
      • scanpy.pl.rank_genes_groups_matrixplot
      • scanpy.pl.rank_genes_groups_tracksplot
      • scanpy.pl.sim
    • Reading
      • scanpy.read
      • scanpy.read_10x_h5
      • scanpy.read_10x_mtx
      • scanpy.read_visium
      • scanpy.read_h5ad
      • scanpy.read_csv
      • scanpy.read_excel
      • scanpy.read_hdf
      • scanpy.read_loom
      • scanpy.read_mtx
      • scanpy.read_text
      • scanpy.read_umi_tools
    • Get object from AnnData: get
      • scanpy.get.obs_df
      • scanpy.get.var_df
      • scanpy.get.rank_genes_groups_df
      • scanpy.get.aggregate
    • Queries
      • scanpy.queries.biomart_annotations
      • scanpy.queries.gene_coordinates
      • scanpy.queries.mitochondrial_genes
      • scanpy.queries.enrich
    • Metrics
      • scanpy.metrics.confusion_matrix
      • scanpy.metrics.gearys_c
      • scanpy.metrics.morans_i
    • Experimental
      • scanpy.experimental.pp.normalize_pearson_residuals
      • scanpy.experimental.pp.normalize_pearson_residuals_pca
      • scanpy.experimental.pp.highly_variable_genes
      • scanpy.experimental.pp.recipe_pearson_residuals
    • Classes
      • scanpy.Neighbors
        • scanpy.Neighbors.connectivities
        • scanpy.Neighbors.distances
        • scanpy.Neighbors.distances_dpt
        • scanpy.Neighbors.eigen_basis
        • scanpy.Neighbors.eigen_values
        • scanpy.Neighbors.rp_forest
        • scanpy.Neighbors.transitions
        • scanpy.Neighbors.transitions_sym
        • scanpy.Neighbors.compute_eigen
        • scanpy.Neighbors.compute_neighbors
        • scanpy.Neighbors.compute_transitions
        • scanpy.Neighbors.getdoc
        • scanpy.Neighbors.to_igraph
    • Settings
      • scanpy.set_figure_params
      • scanpy._settings.ScanpyConfig
        • scanpy._settings.ScanpyConfig.autosave
        • scanpy._settings.ScanpyConfig.autoshow
        • scanpy._settings.ScanpyConfig.cache_compression
        • scanpy._settings.ScanpyConfig.cachedir
        • scanpy._settings.ScanpyConfig.categories_to_ignore
        • scanpy._settings.ScanpyConfig.datasetdir
        • scanpy._settings.ScanpyConfig.figdir
        • scanpy._settings.ScanpyConfig.file_format_data
        • scanpy._settings.ScanpyConfig.file_format_figs
        • scanpy._settings.ScanpyConfig.logfile
        • scanpy._settings.ScanpyConfig.logpath
        • scanpy._settings.ScanpyConfig.max_memory
        • scanpy._settings.ScanpyConfig.n_jobs
        • scanpy._settings.ScanpyConfig.plot_suffix
        • scanpy._settings.ScanpyConfig.verbosity
        • scanpy._settings.ScanpyConfig.writedir
        • scanpy._settings.ScanpyConfig.N_PCS
        • scanpy._settings.ScanpyConfig.set_figure_params
      • scanpy.logging.print_header
      • scanpy.logging.print_versions
    • Datasets
      • scanpy.datasets.blobs
      • scanpy.datasets.ebi_expression_atlas
      • scanpy.datasets.krumsiek11
      • scanpy.datasets.moignard15
      • scanpy.datasets.pbmc3k
      • scanpy.datasets.pbmc3k_processed
      • scanpy.datasets.pbmc68k_reduced
      • scanpy.datasets.paul15
      • scanpy.datasets.toggleswitch
      • scanpy.datasets.visium_sge
    • Deprecated functions
      • scanpy.pp.filter_genes_dispersion
      • scanpy.pp.normalize_per_cell
  • External API
    • Preprocessing: PP
      • scanpy.external.pp.bbknn
      • scanpy.external.pp.harmony_integrate
      • scanpy.external.pp.mnn_correct
      • scanpy.external.pp.scanorama_integrate
      • scanpy.external.pp.hashsolo
      • scanpy.external.pp.dca
      • scanpy.external.pp.magic
    • Tools: TL
      • scanpy.external.tl.phate
      • scanpy.external.tl.palantir
      • scanpy.external.tl.trimap
      • scanpy.external.tl.sam
      • scanpy.external.tl.phenograph
      • scanpy.external.tl.harmony_timeseries
      • scanpy.external.tl.wishbone
      • scanpy.external.tl.palantir
      • scanpy.external.tl.palantir_results
      • scanpy.external.tl.sandbag
      • scanpy.external.tl.cyclone
    • Plotting: PL
      • scanpy.external.pl.phate
      • scanpy.external.pl.trimap
      • scanpy.external.pl.sam
      • scanpy.external.pl.wishbone_marker_trajectory
    • Exporting
      • scanpy.external.exporting.spring_project
      • scanpy.external.exporting.cellbrowser
  • Ecosystem
  • Release notes
  • Community
  • News
  • Contributing
    • Contributing code
    • Getting set up
    • Tests
    • Documentation
    • CI
    • Versioning
    • Making a release
  • Contributors
  • References
  • .md

External API

External API#

Warning

We are no longer accepting new tools into scanpy.external. Instead, please submit your tool to the scverse ecosystem package listing.

Note

For tools that integrate well with scanpy and anndata, see:

  • The scverse ecosystem

  • Scanpy’s ecosystem ecosystem page

Import Scanpy’s wrappers to external tools as:

import scanpy.external as sce
  • Preprocessing: PP
    • Data integration
    • Sample demultiplexing
    • Imputation
  • Tools: TL
    • Embeddings
    • Clustering and trajectory inference
    • Gene scores, Cell cycle
  • Plotting: PL
    • scanpy.external.pl.phate
    • scanpy.external.pl.trimap
    • scanpy.external.pl.sam
    • scanpy.external.pl.wishbone_marker_trajectory
  • Exporting
    • scanpy.external.exporting.spring_project
    • scanpy.external.exporting.cellbrowser

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