{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/DigitalSlideArchive/HistomicsTK/issues/47","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/DigitalSlideArchive/HistomicsTK","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/DigitalSlideArchive/HistomicsTK/issues/47/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/DigitalSlideArchive/HistomicsTK/issues/47/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/DigitalSlideArchive/HistomicsTK/issues/47/events","html_url":"https://github.com/DigitalSlideArchive/HistomicsTK/issues/47","id":137958365,"number":47,"title":"Create an API for getting tiles of whole-slide images","user":{"login":"cdeepakroy","id":1923534,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1923534?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/cdeepakroy","html_url":"https://github.com/cdeepakroy","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cdeepakroy/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cdeepakroy/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cdeepakroy/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cdeepakroy/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cdeepakroy/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cdeepakroy/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cdeepakroy/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cdeepakroy/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cdeepakroy/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":11,"created_at":"2016-03-02T18:50:05Z","updated_at":"2016-04-07T21:22:49Z","closed_at":null,"body":"A good way to do this is by creating an abstract `WholeSlideImage` class which defines the API and then make derived classes of it such as `GirderWholeSlideImage` (which serves an image stored on girder) and `LocalWholeSlideImage` (which serves an image located on the local machine). \r\n\r\nWe would want all analysis functions in histomicstk to take objects of the abstract `WholeSlideImage` class as input instead of a numpy array or PIL image. "},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/DigitalSlideArchive/HistomicsTK/issues/comments/207093045","html_url":"https://github.com/DigitalSlideArchive/HistomicsTK/issues/47#issuecomment-207093045","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/DigitalSlideArchive/HistomicsTK/issues/47","id":207093045,"user":{"login":"brianhelba","id":1282879,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1282879?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianhelba","html_url":"https://github.com/brianhelba","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianhelba/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianhelba/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianhelba/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianhelba/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianhelba/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianhelba/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianhelba/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianhelba/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianhelba/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-04-07T21:22:49Z","updated_at":"2016-04-07T21:22:49Z","body":"@dgutman If you mean software regression testing, then I'd actually argue that's where we want the most dependencies on Girder, as it provides a lot of nice testing framework for free.\r\n\r\nIf you mean prototyping and ease of adoption by other projects, then yes, that's a goal that I've supported from the very beginning. We just need to get time to do it."}}