Re: gsoc taverna mobile- taverna player API

[Larry Akah <la...@gmail.com>]

Am using the player.
>From this code:

> [{
>   "id": 1,
>   "title": "Hello, World!",
>   "author": "Alan, et al.",
>   "description": "Say 'Hello, World!'"
> }, {
>   "id": 3,
>   "title": "Multi Interaction",
>   "author": "Robert Haines",
>   "description": "Multiple interactions for testing."
> }]
>
> i expected to see the same in the results i get, but the author field is
not there that's what i mean. This goes same for the other ommited fields
in the other results.

About identifying user specific workflows, is there a way of doing that?

cheers


2015-06-15 10:24 GMT+01:00 Ian Dunlop <Ia...@manchester.ac.uk>:

> Hello,
>
> @Larry are you now using the tavern player or server to run workflows?
> With the player no user auth is required and workflows can be run
> anonymously which means that we don't have to get users to create any
> accounts via the app or ship it with username/password.
> The player API is described here
> https://github.com/myGrid/taverna-player/wiki/JSON-API-Documentation
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ian
>



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Re: gsoc taverna mobile- taverna player API

[Robert Haines <ro...@manchester.ac.uk>]

Hi,

On 15/06/2015 10:58, Larry Akah wrote:
> Am using the player.
>  From this code:
>
>> [{
>>    "id": 1,
>>    "title": "Hello, World!",
>>    "author": "Alan, et al.",
>>    "description": "Say 'Hello, World!'"
>> }, {
>>    "id": 3,
>>    "title": "Multi Interaction",
>>    "author": "Robert Haines",
>>    "description": "Multiple interactions for testing."
>> }]
>>
>> i expected to see the same in the results i get, but the author field is
> not there that's what i mean. This goes same for the other ommited fields
> in the other results.

Have you supplied author information for the workflows? Rails may not 
return a field in the json if it is nil or blank (I can't remember what 
the default is right now).

The code is certainly not doing any filtering so it should just return 
everything that is in the model:

https://github.com/myGrid/taverna-player/blob/master/lib/taverna_player/concerns/controllers/workflows_controller.rb

> About identifying user specific workflows, is there a way of doing that?

The host Rails app (that the Taverna Player plugin is running in) needs 
to handle that, probably via its standard authentication mechanism. If 
you're not already doing so I recommend looking at Finn's starter app here:

https://github.com/myGrid/taverna-player-portal

This app overrides the Workflow model and controller to be more flexible:

https://github.com/myGrid/taverna-player-portal/blob/master/app/models/workflow.rb

https://github.com/myGrid/taverna-player-portal/blob/master/app/controllers/workflows_controller.rb

Cheers,
Rob

>
> 2015-06-15 10:24 GMT+01:00 Ian Dunlop <Ia...@manchester.ac.uk>:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> @Larry are you now using the tavern player or server to run workflows?
>> With the player no user auth is required and workflows can be run
>> anonymously which means that we don't have to get users to create any
>> accounts via the app or ship it with username/password.
>> The player API is described here
>> https://github.com/myGrid/taverna-player/wiki/JSON-API-Documentation
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Ian
>>
>
>
>


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Honorary Lecturer, School of Computer Science
University of Manchester