Add in pipelinetracking.

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• This comment contains a description of changes (with reason) Closes #84 (closed)

workflow/main.nf

@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ params.skipMotif = false
 params.skipPlotProfile = false
 params.references = "$baseDir/../docs/references.md"
 params.multiqc =  "$baseDir/conf/multiqc_config.yaml"
+params.ci = false
+params.dev = false
+
 
 // Assign variables if astrocyte
 if (params.astrocyte) {
@@ -101,6 +104,31 @@ multiqc = params.multiqc
 gtfFile = params.gtf
 geneNames = params.geneNames
 
+/*
+ * trackStart: track start of pipeline
+ */
+
+process trackStart {
+  script:
+  """
+  hostname
+  ulimit -a
+
+  curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X PUT -d '{ \
+      "sessionId": "${workflow.sessionId}", \
+      "pipeline": "chipseq_analysis", \
+      "start": "${workflow.start}", \
+      "astrocyte": ${params.astrocyte}, \
+      "status": "started", \
+      "nextflowVersion": "${workflow.nextflow.version}", \
+      "pipelineVersion": "1.1.1", \
+      "ci": ${params.ci}, \
+      "dev": ${params.dev}}' \
+  "https://xku43pcwnf.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ProdDeploy/pipeline-tracking"
+  """
+}
+
+
 // Check design file for errors
 process checkDesignFile {