navsection: userguide
title: Arvados CWL Extensions
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Arvados provides several extensions to CWL for workflow optimization, site-specific configuration, and to enable access the Arvados API.
cwltool: "http://commonwl.org/cwltool#"
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-Arvados extensions must go into the @hints@ section, for example:
+For portability, Arvados extensions should go into the @hints@ section of your CWL file, for example:
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hints:
arv:APIRequirement: {}
cwltool:LoadListingRequirement:
loadListing: shallow_listing
+ arv:IntermediateOutput:
+ outputTTL: 3600
+ arv:ReuseRequirement:
+ enableReuse: false
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+The one exception to this is @arv:APIRequirement@, see note below.
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h2. arv:RunInSingleContainer
Indicates that a subworkflow should run in a single container and not be scheduled as separate steps.
h2. arv:APIRequirement
-Indicates that process wants to access to the Arvados API. Will be granted limited network access and have @ARVADOS_API_HOST@ and @ARVADOS_API_TOKEN@ set in the environment.
+Indicates that process wants to access to the Arvados API. Will be granted network access and have @ARVADOS_API_HOST@ and @ARVADOS_API_TOKEN@ set in the environment. Tools which rely on the Arvados API being present should put @arv:APIRequirement@ in the @requirements@ section of the tool (rather than @hints@) to indicate that that it is not portable to non-Arvados CWL runners.
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+Use @arv:APIRequirement@ in @hints@ to enable general (non-Arvados-specific) network access for a tool.
h2. cwltool:LoadListingRequirement
*shallow_listing*: Only expand the first level of directory listing. The @listing@ field on the toplevel Directory object will contain the directory contents, however @listing@ will not be defined on subdirectories.
*deep_listing*: Recursively expand all levels of directory listing. The @listing@ field will be provided on the toplevel object and all subdirectories.
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+h2. arv:IntermediateOutput
+
+Specify desired handling of intermediate output collections.
+
+table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
+|_. Field |_. Type |_. Description |
+|outputTTL|int|If the value is greater than zero, consider intermediate output collections to be temporary and should be automatically trashed. Temporary collections will be trashed @outputTTL@ seconds after creation. A value of zero means intermediate output should be retained indefinitely (this is the default behavior).
+Note: arvados-cwl-runner currently does not take workflow dependencies into account when setting the TTL on an intermediate output collection. If the TTL is too short, it is possible for a collection to be trashed before downstream steps that consume it are started. The recommended minimum value for TTL is the expected duration of the entire the workflow.|
+
+h2. arv:ReuseRequirement
+
+Enable/disable work reuse for current process. Default true (work reuse enabled).
+
+table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
+|_. Field |_. Type |_. Description |
+|enableReuse|boolean|Enable/disable work reuse for current process. Default true (work reuse enabled).|