irisrest

This is a REST API application in ObjectScript using Docker container for InterSystems IRIS.
The repository includes files which let you immediately compile your ObjecScript files in InterSystems IRIS Community Edition in a docker container.

Prerequisites

This needs to have git and docker installed.

Installation

Clone/git pull the repo into any local directory as shown below:

$ git clone https://github.com/oliverwilms/irisrest.git

Open the terminal in this directory and run:

cd irisrest
$ docker-compose build

or install it with ZPM client:

zpm:USER>install irisrest

Run the REST API application:

$ docker-compose up -d

How to Work With it

I wanted to create an App to help me create my status report. I can create a new task, update an existing task, or delete a task. I can get information about a specific task or all tasks. These tasks are stored in persistent class App.Task.

Swagger Specs

Use /_spec to see the Swagger Specs for this REST API:

localhost:52773/crud/task/_spec

Testing GET requests

Even if there are no tasks stored yet, you can test the app with this request:

localhost:52773/crud/task/test

To get all tasks in JSON call:

localhost:52773/crud/task/all

To request the data for a particular record provide the id in GET request like ‘localhost:52773/crud/task/id’ . E.g.:

localhost:52773/crud/task/1

This will return JSON data for the task with ID=1, something like that:

{
    "TaskID": 1,
    "When": "2020-04-18T21:37:44Z",
    "What": "set up new document tracker class for client"
}

Testing POST request

Create a POST request e.g. in Postman with raw data in JSON. e.g.

{ "What": "test document tracker class for client" }

Adjust the authorisation if needed - it is basic for container with default login and password for IRIS Community edition container

and send the POST request to localhost:52773/crud/task/newtask

This will create a record in Sample.Person class of IRIS.

Testing PUT request

PUT request could be used to update a task. This needs to send the similar JSON as in POST request above supplying the id of the updated record in URL.
E.g. we want to change the record with id=2. Prepare in Postman the JSON in raw like following:

{ "what" : "populate document tracker class for client" }

and send the put request to:

localhost:52773/crud/task/2

Testing DELETE request

For delete request this REST API expects only the id of the record to delete. E.g. if the id=2 the following DELETE call will delete the record:

localhost:52773/crud/task/2

What’s insde the repo

#FrontEnd Cache Server Page

If you are not really satisfied entering tasks in JSON format in Postman, you can try http://localhost:52773/csp/task/App.FrontEnd.cls

If you click on ‘Test’ button, it issues test request to REST api and displays a test message in JSON format. You may be asked to login the first time you access the REST api. Please use browser back button to go back.

Dockerfile

The simplest dockerfile to start IRIS and load ObjectScript from /src/cls folder
Use the related docker-compose.yml to easily setup additional parametes like port number and where you map keys and host folders.

Dockerfile-zpm

Dockerfile-zpm builds for you a container which contains ZPM package manager client so you are able to install packages from ZPM in this container