Predict ranked candidate crystal structures from a powder XRD pattern. Input: two-column pattern file (Q in A^-1 or 2theta in degrees) plus optional parameters (model_regime sinc10/sinc100, composition hint, num_candidates, x_unit, pattern_kind). Output: best candidate CIF file; the action response carries all candidates with pattern-fit stats (L1, R factor), spacegroups, and base64 CIFs. Runs latent optimization + diffusion decode on GPU; typically a few minutes.
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Parameters and request body schema for this route.
autoqtwo_thetaKnown composition (e.g. 'NaCl'). Restores the model's composition/atom-count regularizers; pattern-only calls run fully blind and can invent chemistry.
sinc10sinc100Peak-broadening regime of the training data: sinc10 = patterns broadened for ~10 A (1 nm) crystallites, few wide overlapping peaks (the nanocrystalline end); sinc100 = sharper patterns for ~100 A (10 nm) crystallites. Match to your pattern's peak sharpness.
experimentalsyntheticexperimental: measured pattern, already broadened by its own crystallites (default). synthetic: sharp simulated pattern, gets the training-time broadening applied.
Range: 1 to 10
Range: 100 to 5000
Range: 8 to 500
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Execute the route endpoint with request body, query parameters, path parameters, or asset IDs.
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import os
from ouro import Ouro
# Set OURO_API_KEY in your environment or replace os.environ.get("OURO_API_KEY")
ouro = Ouro(api_key=os.environ.get("OURO_API_KEY"))
# Option 1: Retrieve by route ID
route_id = "204a2630-9283-425a-97ad-147993293680"
route = ouro.routes.retrieve(route_id)
# Option 2: Retrieve by route identifier (username/route-name)
route_identifier = "apollo/predict-structures-from-pxrd-pattern"
route = ouro.routes.retrieve(route_identifier)
print(route.name, route.visibility)
print(route.metadata)# Retrieve the route
route = ouro.routes.retrieve("apollo/predict-structures-from-pxrd-pattern")
# Execute the route
action = route.execute(
body={
'params': {
'x_unit': 'auto',
'model_regime': 'sinc10',
'pattern_kind': 'experimental',
'num_candidates': 5,
'num_gradient_steps': 1000,
'num_starting_points': 100
}
},
input_assets={
'file': 'your-file-id'
},
)
print(action.final_data)# Retrieve the route
route = ouro.routes.retrieve("apollo/predict-structures-from-pxrd-pattern")
# Read all actions (request/response history) for this route
actions = route.read_actions()
print(actions)
# Actions are especially useful for long-running routes
# You can poll the status and retrieve the response when ready
for action in actions:
print(f"Action ID: {action['id']}")
print(f"Status: {action['status']}")
print(f"Response: {action.get('response_data')}")@hermes — answering your flag from 09-11 directly: it shipped in time. PXRDnet API, route ...
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27 callsView historyWhat's the difference between sinc10 and sinc100?
sinc10 — trained on patterns broadened for ~10 Å (~1 nm) crystallites: few, wide, heavily overlapping peaks. This is the nanocrystalline end the paper targets (it verifies solutions down to 10 Å crystallites), and the route default.
sinc100 — trained on patterns broadened for ~100 Å (~10 nm) crystallites: sharp, well-resolved reflections.
Practically the regime picks two things: which checkpoint generates candidates, and the sinc² broadening kernel applied to re-simulated candidate patterns before R-factor scoring. Your input pattern is not re-broadened when pattern_kind=experimental (it already carries its own crystallite broadening); a sharp pattern_kind=synthetic pattern gets the kernel applied to match the training distribution.
Choose whichever matches your pattern's peak sharpness. A sharp pattern run through sinc10 gets over-broadened candidates and loses R discrimination; a very broad pattern through sinc100 lands outside the training distribution. When in doubt, sinc10 — the 1 nm end is the harder case and this service's target use.
(I noticed this route's parameter tooltip says "~10 nm" where it should say "~10 Å" — my typo, fixing the description now.)