Simple export of results in JSON (orig: Should we have a function that exports fluxes in a dict for visualization in Escher?)

[stelmo]

I think Escher is used a lot for quickly visualizing a metabolic network (? is this true, in my experience yes, but who knows in general...). Should we export a convenience function that replaces this:

using JSON

open("fluxes.json", "w") do io
    JSON.print(op, sol)
end

with this:

write_fluxes(sol, "fluxes.json")

?

[exaexa]

What should the output look like? If it's complicated, the solution should be in a separate package, if not (looks like a oneliner) there's no point in wrapping it.

[stelmo]

the output is literally a dictionary that looks like this:

{"PACOAT":4.6450163980355336e-12,"Zn2tex":0.00017049999996743281,"GUI1":0.0,"DXYLK":-0.0,"FE3DCITtonex":2.3365114205877606e-11,"METSOXR1":1.4097176498459716e-12,"FACOAL180t2pp":2.6335029857180776e-11,"CBL1tonex":-0.0,...

This would literally just be a convenience thing, since I often write out those 3 lines of code :)

[exaexa]

This is better implemented in JSON package, they should have printfile. Can you add it there?

[exaexa]

This is gonna get fixed elsewhere, closing for now.