This project aims at developing a B2STAGE HTTP-API fot the EUDAT CDI. The primary goal is to allow users to ingest and retrieve data via a standard RESTful HTTP interface in order to:
- hide the underlying technology from users,
- lower the entry barrier to using EUDAT services,
- simplify integration into existing workflows,
- allow direct access to data assets held with the EUDAT CDI.
The first stable release is focused on the interaction with the B2SAFE service, allowing users to transfer and manage data on the registered domain.
- try a quick start
- see the latest webinar
- a demo prototype of the current functionalities
- use an existing instance of the
HTTP-API - main authentication based on
B2ACCESS - alternative authentication based on
B2SAFE - endpoints description and examples
- read the pre-requisites prior to installation
- startup a working copy
- deploy in two modes
- define the authentication mechanism to be applied
- debug the server operating on top of
B2SAFEand fix eventual issues - keep your server up-to-date
- add new features
- extra operations
This project is based on the open-source RAPyDo framework.
The API server is implemented with the latest Python 3 release using the Flask core. To facilitate and speed the development Docker is the base environment to automate the creation and configuration of the software stack needed. The API interconnects with EUDAT services' native APIs or libraries.
To exchange data and metadata within the B2SAFE service (built on iRODS system as backend storage) the interface is implemented using (and contributing to) the official python-irodsclient.
NOTE: the B2STAGE HTTP-API is an interface towards other EUDAT services which are subject to modifications and new developments, therefore the functionalities and the implementation will have to be changed accordingly.
This work is co-funded by the EOSC-hub project (Horizon 2020) under Grant number 777536.
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