SStorageRest

Overview

A RESTful service providing functions for create, update, read a json object on MongoDB

Key features

The core of the service is java based. It offers a interface for performing CRUD operation through a remote backend over JSON object:

• Create
• Read
• Update
• Delete

Design and Architecture

The architecture implements a multiton pattern. The records are collected in two separated collection: the first one is a collection dedicated to a single SmartApps, the second One is a collection that collects all the records of all the smartApplications.

Access Mode

The Endpoint of the SStorageRest service can be discovered by IS-Collector service under the SmartArea VO. For accessing to the service it's needed to use the ic-client library in the following way:

import static org.gcube.resources.discovery.icclient.ICFactory.*;
 
...
 
 
XQuery query = queryFor(GCoreEndpoint.class);
query.addCondition("$resource/Profile/ServiceClass/text() eq 'content-management'");
query.addCondition("$resource/Profile/ServiceName/text() eq 'storage'");
query.addVariable("$entry","$resource/Profile/AccessPoint/RunningInstanceInterfaces/Endpoint");
query.addCondition("$entry/@EntryName/string() eq 'jersey-serlvet'");
query.setResult("$entry/text()");
DiscoveryClient<String> client = client();
List<String> addresses = client.submit(query);

The method "client.submit(query)" returns a List of resources that match the query parameters. In this case the query should return a list with only one element:

[http://n039.smart-applications.area.pi.cnr.it:8080/storage/rest]

Supported Operations

• create: implemented by http POST method;
• read : implemented by http GET method;
• update: implemented by http PUT method;
• delete: implemented by http DELETE method.

Getting-Started

We introduce the API of the SStorageRest through a set of examples.

Note that, in all the examples, we submit queries to the SStorageRest service. We then need to make sure that we do so in a given scope by a valid gcube-token

Maven artifacts

The service package is downloadable from the following nexus server: http://maven.research-infrastructures.eu/nexus

<groupId>org.gcube.contentmanagement</groupId>
<artifactId>storage-service-rest</artifactId>
<version>...</version>

Usage examples

To insert (create) a new record in the system, we might use:

• POST n039.smart-applications.area.pi.cnr.it:8080/storage/rest/resources?gcube-token=xxxxxxxx

To read a object with ID# 33245:

• GET http://n039.smart-applications.area.pi.cnr.it:8080/storage/rest/resources/33245?gcube-token=xxxxxxxx The same URI would be used for PUT and DELETE, to update and delete, respectively.

Here are proposed URIs for products:

• POST http://n039.smart-applications.area.pi.cnr.it:8080/storage/rest/resources?gcube-token=xxxxxxxx for creating a new object.

• GET|PUT|DELETE http://n039.smart-applications.area.pi.cnr.it:8080/storage/rest/resources/33245?gcube-token=xxxxxxxx

for reading, updating, deleting object with id 66432, respectively.

For deleting all the objects in the collection:

• DELETE http://n039.smart-applications.area.pi.cnr.it:8080/storage/rest/resources?gcube-token=xxxxxxxx