py4cytoscape.apps.get_app_updates

get_app_updates(base_url='http://127.0.0.1:1234/v1')[source]

Retrieve list of currently installed Cytoscape apps with updates available.

Parameters: base_url (str) – Ignore unless you need to specify a custom domain, port or version to connect to the CyREST API. Default is http://127.0.0.1:1234 and the latest version of the CyREST API supported by this version of py4cytoscape.
Returns: list of dicts, one for each app {‘appName’: <appname>, ‘version’: <version>, ‘information’: <information>}
Return type: list
Raises: requests.exceptions.RequestException – if can’t connect to Cytoscape or Cytoscape returns an error

Examples

>>> get_app_updates()
[{'appName': 'JSON Support', 'version': '3.7.0', 'information': 'null'}, ...]