Data Types

Lunar provides a comprehensive set of data types for data validation between components in a workflow and ensures the correct visual representation of the data on the interface (Lunarflow).

Basic Types

Name	Primitive Type	Description
TEXT	str	Represents text data
INT	int	Represents integer values
FLOAT	float	Represents floating-point numbers
BOOL	bool	Represents boolean values
NULL	None	Represents null/None values
ANY	any	Represents any data type (use with caution)

File and Media Types

Name	Primitive Type	Description
FILE	File	Represents a file object
IMAGE	str	Base64 string representation of an image
AUDIO	str	Base64 string representation of audio data
CSV	str	Represents CSV formatted text

Code and Query Types

Name	Primitive Type	Description
CODE	str	Represents Python code
R_CODE	str	Represents R code
SPARQL	str	Represents a SPARQL query
SQL	str	Represents an SQL query
GRAPHQL	str	Represents a GraphQL query

Data Processing Types

Name	Primitive Type	Description
EMBEDDINGS	list	Represents embeddings as a list of floats
JSON	dict	Represents a JSON object
LIST	list	Represents a list of items
AGGREGATED	dict	Allows the input to receive multiple outputs as a dictionary

UI Components

Name	Primitive Type	Description
SELECT	Select	Represents a selection component with predefined options
PROPERTY_SELECTOR	str	Displays a property selector component on the interface
PROPERTY_GETTER	str	Displays a property getter component on the interface
LIST_INDEX_GETTER	str	Allows getting specific items from a list

Visualization Types

Name	Primitive Type	Description
BAR_CHART	dict	Represents bar chart visualization data
LINE_CHART	dict	Represents line chart visualization data
BSGN_GRAPH	dict	Represents BSGN graph visualization data
CYTOSCAPE	dict	Represents Cytoscape graph visualization data

Workflow Types

Name	Primitive Type	Description
WORKFLOW	Union[str, dict]	Represents a workflow. Used to run workflows recursively
TEMPLATE	str	Represents a template with replaceable variables
REPORT	str	Represents a report. Allows the creation of an editable rich text editor

Security Types

Name	Primitive Type	Description
PASSWORD	str	Represents a password value (should be handled securely)

Stream Types

Name	Primitive Type	Description
STREAM	GeneratorType	Represents a stream of data (for real-time processing)

Special Types

Name	Primitive Type	Description
ANY	any	Represents any data type (use with caution)
NULL	None	Represents null/None values