# pybedtools.contrib.bigbed.bigbed

`pybedtools.contrib.bigbed.``bigbed`(x, genome, output, blockSize=256, itemsPerSlot=512, bedtype=None, _as=None, unc=False, tab=False)

  Converts a BedTool object to a bigBed format and returns the new filename.

  `x` is a BedTool object

  `genome` is an assembly string

  `output` is the name of the bigBed file to create.

  Other args are passed to bedToBigBed. In particular, `bedtype` (which becomes the “-type=” argument) is automatically handled for you if it is kept as the default None.

  Assumes that a recent version of bedToBigBed from UCSC is on the path.