There are two main options to getting started with LabOP:

• pyLabOP: the LabOP Python library.
• PAMLED: the LabOP Editor web application.

pyLabOP

1. Install pyLabOP from PyPI, in your Python environment:

   pip3 install pylabop
   

   or install from source:

   git clone https://github.com/Bioprotocols/labop
   pip3 install labop
   

2. LabOP visualizations currently depend on the graphviz application. To install graphviz, run (per https://github.com/ts-graphviz/setup-graphviz):
   • Mac: brew install graphviz
   • Linux: apt-get install graphviz libgraphviz-dev pkg-config
   • Windows: choco install graphviz
3. To use LabOP in your client application, import the LabOP, UML, and SBOL3 modules:

   import labop, uml, sbol3
   

4. Initialize an SBOL document to hold the protocol and referenced objects:

   sbol3.set_namespace('http://example.org/synbio/')
   doc = sbol3.Document()
   

   and (optionally) read a previously saved document:

   doc.read('test/testfiles/igem_ludox_test.nt')
   

Create a Simple Protocol

1. Define a protocol object:

   protocol = labop.Protocol('MyNewProtocol')
   doc.add(protocol)
   

2. Import a primitive library:

   labop.import_library('sample_arrays')
   

3. Create a primitive activity:

   plate = protocol.primitive_step('EmptyContainer', specification="MyPlate")
   

4. Visualize the protocol with GraphViz:

   protocol.to_dot().view()