Asynchronous Data Validation and Transformation Web Service
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Asynchronous Data Load
| Entry Point | /ws/public/data/load |
| Access | Public (default). Configurable to Private |
| Http Method | POST |
| Accepts | CSV, XLSX, SDMX-ML, SDMX-EDI (any format for which there is a Data Reader) |
| Compression | Zip files supported, if loading from URL gzip responses supported |
| Content-Type | 1. multipart/form-data (if attaching file) – the attached file must be in field name of uploadFile 2. application/text or application/xml (if submitting data in the body of the POST) |
| Response Format | JSON |
| Response Statuses | 200 - Data file recieved 400 - Trasformation could not be performed (either an unreadable dataset, or unresolvable reference to a required structure) 401 - Unauthorized (if access has been restricted) 500 - Server Error |
Data Load Response
The response to a data load is a token, which can be used in subsequent calls to track the data load and validation process and, once validation is complete, the token can be used to perform actions such as a pulish, obtain validation report, export in a different format, or export with mapping.
{
"Success" : true,
"uid" : "unique token"
}
Load Status
| Entry Point | /ws/public/data/loadStatus |
| Access | Public (default). Configurable to Private |
| Http Method | GET |
| Response Format | JSON |
Query Parameters
| uid | Unique identifier for the loaded dataset, returned from the data load operation |
Load Status Response
The response is a validation report, to either indicate validation success or validation with errors.
The report Status indicates how far into the validation process the server has reached. The following table shows the various stages:
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
| Initialising | Initial status |
| Analysing | The dataset is being analysed for series and obs count, and which dsd's it references |
| Validating | The dataset is being validated |
| Complete | The dataset validation process has finished, there may/man not be errors |
| Consolidating | The dataset is being consolidated, duplicate series and observations are being merged into one final dataset |
| IncorrectDSD | The dataset references a DSD that can not be used to validate the data |
| InvalidRef | The dataset references a DSD/Dataflow/Provision that does not exist in the Registry |
| MissingDSD | The dataset does not not reference any structure so the system can not read the dataset |
| Error | The dataset can not be read at all |
Export
| Entry Point | /ws/public/data/download |
| Access | Public (default). Configurable to Private |
| Http Method | GET |
| Response Format | Determined by Accept Header |
Query Parameters
| Query Parmeter | Format | Description |
|---|---|---|
| uid | string | Unique identifier for the loaded dataset, returned from the data load operation |
| datasetIndex | integer | If multiple datasets are in the data file, identifies which one to export, zero indexed |
| map | string | URN of Dataflow or DataStucture to map to, there must be a Structure Map which describes the mapping from the source to target |
| zip | boolean (default is false) | Zips the respone |
| includeMetrics | boolean (default is false) | Include Metrics in the response see Data Transformation |
| unmapped | boolean (default is false) | If the map parameter is supplied, and some series or observation can not be mapped, the unmapped data will be included in either the zip file (if zip is true) or in a multipart-form boundry (if zip is false) |
