xod_client

Xod Client

Fetch Groupcall's Xporter on Demand data with ease.

Installation

Add gem to Gemfile as usual

gem 'xod_client'

Usage

First initialize XoD client with relying party, estab and secret password components:

client = XodClient.init('relying-party.com', '3281101', 'secret')

Optionally you can pass previously remembered token options, to avoid refresh token request:

token_options = { token: 'abcd', token_expires_at: Time.iso8601('2018-06-24T18:55:26.1852229Z') }
client = XodClient.init('relying-party.com', '3281101', 'secret', token_options)

You can request a new token in the following way:

client.refresh_token
client.token #=> 'new-token'
client.token_expires_at #=> new-expiry-time

By calling any endpoint current token is checked and if it's stale a new one is requested automatically.

Calling XoD endpoints

You can call any endpoint described in XoD documentation by its name, eg.:

client.endpoint('school.schoolinfo').fetch
#-OR-
client.endpoint(endpoint_name: 'school.schoolinfo').fetch 

For many endpoints there are handy shortcuts, eg.:

# info endpoints:
client.token_details
client.scopes
client.queries
client.logs
client.usage
client.gdpr_ids

# data endpoints:
client.groups
client.school_info
client.staff
client.students
client.timetable
client.timetable_model

You can pass arguments to endpoints, eg.:

client.groups(type: 'RegGrp', options: %w(includeStaffMembers includeStudentMembers), page_size: 10)

Note: options and select arguments can be passed as an array or string of values concatenated by ,

Fetcher methods

To fetch results from endpoint you can use these methods:

client.groups.fetch #=> returns json response
client.groups(page_size: 100).fetch { |endpoint| } #=> fetches page by page and passes endpoint object to a block
client.groups.each { |group| } #=> returns each group json to a block
client.groups.first #=> returns first group json
client.groups[:__pagination__] #=> returns arbitrary data from json by key

Exceptions handling

In case of connection failures the code tries to call endpoint up to 3 times. Then it throws default Net HTTP errors.

If XoD returns a JSON error response then XodClient::ResponseError exception is raised.

License

xod_client is MIT licensed. See the accompanying file for the full text.