Links

Synapse Links provide users the ability to create a link to any File, Table, Folder, or Project on Synapse.

Creating a Link

Web

Navigate to the file, table, folder or project you want to save a link of. Click Tools and Save Link to.

Select a folder or project that you want to save the link to (This feature is more like bookmarking the file to a specific location).

The final result looks like:

Python

import synapseclient
syn = synapseclient.login()

# Add a local file to an existing project (syn12345) on Synapse
# targetId is the synapse id of the file, table, etc that you want to link
# targetVersion is optional, if no version is defined, the link will always point to the newest version
# parent is the folder or project where you want to link to exist
linkEnt = synapseclient.Link(targetId="syn12345", targetVersion=1, parent="syn2345")
linkEnt = syn.store(linkEnt)

R

library(synapser)
synLogin()

# Add a local file to an existing project (syn12345) on Synapse
# targetId is the synapse id of the file, table, etc that you want to link
# targetVersion is optional, if no version is defined, the link will always point to the newest version
# parent is the folder or project where you want to link to exist
linkEnt <- Link(targetId="syn12345", targetVersion=1, parent="syn2345")
linkEnt <- synStore(linkEnt)

See Also

Annotations and Queries, Downloading Data, Files and Versioning

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