Hi David and Everybody, I begun to learn what you told me, but I'm stucked at the begining. Do you have an example of script that I can based on to build mine that work? Thanks for your support.
On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 9:18 AM, David Huser <david.hu...@swisstph.org> wrote: > Hi Vunda > > The nature of a Web API is its openness to be used by any software. As a > start, I would start in trying to understand how such an API works, which > is based on "HTTP REST" principles. > REST in layman's terms: http://www.looah.com/source/view/2284 > REST basics (IBM developers): https://www.ibm.com/ > developerworks/library/ws-restful/index.html > Specification for DHIS2: https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2- > docs/master/en/developer/html/dhis2_developer_manual_full.html > > As an example, the programming language Python can be used, which is > installable on any system and is on Ubuntu by default. DHIS2 supports the > transportation format JSON. There's a new library on github ( > https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-python, but have not tried it yet) or you > can write your own. > So a basic procedure would be: > > myscript.py > 1. load a configuration of both APIs (username, url, passwords) > 2. make a GET request to a specific endpoint of MoH API > 3. validate, transform,... the received data > 4. make a POST request to another specific endpoint of your other > instance's API > > and then install a cronjob which calls this script with "* * * * * python > myscript.py" > > Further extensions could be logging to a file and a mail notification if > something goes wrong. > > I hope this can help a bit. > > Best regards > David > > > > > On 03.04.2016 08:34, vunda limbe wrote: > > Hi All, > > > I'm newbie on DHIS2. I implemented an instance that work for my > organisation and I need to Interoperate with MOH instance to retrieve data > each month for some health facilities. > I need guidance on how to set up interoperability by using web API and how > to create a cronjob that will fetch data from MOH instance to my instance > each month. > > Could you please help me to find ressources (course, tutorials, step by > step code, etc.) and advises on how to implement? > > Thank you all for your help. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > Post to : dhis2-us...@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > >
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