save_as_png AttributeError

[bnelsj]

Hi, I am using higlass v0.4.0 and I'm trying to save a png file in a jupyter notebook as described in the tutorial. However, I get the following error message:

AttributeError: 'HiGlassDisplay' object has no attribute 'save_as_png'

Any troubleshooting suggestions?

[pkerpedjiev]

Hi, really sorry about the delayed response. In the future if you don't get a response within a couple days or want a quicker response, feel free to pop into our Slack channel (http://bit.ly/higlass-slack) and ask there.

Unfortunately, I don't have good news on the troubleshooting front. We took the function out because it doesn't work quite the way we'd expect it to but didn't update the documentation (the docs are in a separate repo).

If you'd like to try it out, the save_as_png function still exists, it's just commented out. You could clone the higlass python repository, uncomment it and install the package in development mode to see if it works for you:

git clone https://github.com/higlass/higlass-python.git
cd higlass-python
# uncomment the save_as_png function in higlass/viewer.py
python setup.py develop