f01366a14e4574f413ed9b55a0d1c36376074dd8
hiram
  Tue Apr 9 14:43:00 2019 -0700
adding an allowedBigBedType() function to recognize that set of big types refs #18869

diff --git src/hg/hubApi/dataApi.h src/hg/hubApi/dataApi.h
index befb808..679f861 100644
--- src/hg/hubApi/dataApi.h
+++ src/hg/hubApi/dataApi.h
@@ -78,28 +78,33 @@
 struct trackHub *errCatchTrackHubOpen(char *hubUrl);
 /* use errCatch around a trackHub open in case it fails */
 
 struct trackDb *obtainTdb(struct trackHubGenome *genome, char *db);
 /* return a full trackDb fiven the hub genome pointer, or ucsc database name */
 
 struct trackDb *findTrackDb(char *track, struct trackDb *tdb);
 /* search tdb structure for specific track, recursion on subtracks */
 
 struct bbiFile *bigFileOpen(char *trackType, char *bigDataUrl);
 /* open bigDataUrl for correct trackType and error catch if failure */
 
 int chromInfoCmp(const void *va, const void *vb);
 /* Compare to sort based on size */
 
+boolean allowedBigBedType(char *type);
+/* return TRUE if the big* type is to be supported
+ * add to this list as the big* supported types are expanded
+ */
+
 /* ######################################################################### */
 /*  functions in getData.c */
 
 void apiGetData(char *words[MAX_PATH_INFO]);
 /* 'getData' function, words[1] is the subCommand */
 
 /* ######################################################################### */
 /*  functions in list.c */
 
 void apiList(char *words[MAX_PATH_INFO]);
 /* 'list' function words[1] is the subCommand */
 
 #endif	/*	 DATAAPH_H	*/