mzml_to_csv.R

#!/usr/bin/env Rscript
args = commandArgs(trailingOnly=TRUE)

message("Installing necessary libraries if not already installed")
if (!requireNamespace("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("BiocManager")
if (!requireNamespace("mzR", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("mzR")
if (!requireNamespace("data.table", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("data.table")
library(data.table)


if (length(args) != 3) {
  stop(length(args))
  stop('Three input arguments required:\n1: mzml-path\n2: outfile-path\n3: separator ("comma" or "tab")')
}

infile_path <- args[1]
outfile_path <- args[2]
sep <- switch(args[3],
              "comma" = ",",
              "tab" = "\t")

if (! sep %in% c(",", "\t")) {
  sep <- args[3]
}
if (!file.exists(infile_path)) {
  stop("Couldn't find file")
}
if (!dir.exists(dirname(outfile_path))) {
  stop("Couldn't find outfile_path directory")
}
if (file.exists(outfile_path)) {
  stop("outfile_path already exists")
}

message(paste0("Reading ", basename(infile_path)))
ms_file_pointer <- mzR::openMSfile(infile_path)
message("Parsing file")

mz_header <- mzR::header(ms_file_pointer) # provided file is only MS1
mz_header <- as.data.table(mz_header)
mz_data <- mzR::peaks(ms_file_pointer)
mz_data <- lapply(seq_along(mz_data),
            function(x){
              data.table(mass = mz_data[[x]][ , 1],
                         intensity = mz_data[[x]][ , 2],
                         scan = x)
            })

mz_data <- do.call(rbind,
                   mz_data)

mz_data <- merge(mz_data,
                 mz_header[ , c("acquisitionNum", "msLevel")],
                 by.x = "scan",
                 by.y = "acquisitionNum")

message("Writing new file")

fwrite(mz_data,
       outfile_path,
       sep = "\t")

message("Done")

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