[MOBY-l] REST Service registration

[Paul Gordon]

Or alternatively, you could use the MobyServlet framework

http://biomoby.open-bio.org/CVS_CONTENT/moby-live/Java/docs/deployingServices.html

In which case your code would be (I haven't compoiled this, but you get 
the point):

import org.biomoby.shared.MobyDataType;
import org.biomoby.shared.data.*;
import org.biomoby.service.*;
import java.io.*;

// Annotation describing the service semantics
@mobyService(name="YourServiceName",
             type="AppropriateServiceType", 
	     provider="auth.site.com", 
	     author="foo at site.com",
	     in={"inputString:String"},
	     out={"outputHTML:text-html"},
	     description={"Executes service X by wrapping a REST session"})

public class YourClass extends MobyServlet{
    public static final String BASE_URL = "http://site.com/Service?Parameter1=";
    public void processRequest(MobyDataJob request, MobyDataJob result) throws Exception{
         // The input parameter matches that specified in the mobyService annotation above
         MobyDataString inputParam = (MobyDataString) request.get("inputString");

                            
         URL restURL = new URL(BASE_URL+inputParam);
         StringBuffer htmlBuffer = new StringBuffer();
         LineNumberReader r = new LineNumberReader(new 
InputStreamReader(url.openStream()));
         for(String line = r.readLine(); line != null; line = r.readLine()){
             htmlBuffer.append(line);
         }

         // Create the results (text-html matches mobyService annotation 
declaration)
         MobyDataComposite htmlObject = new 
MobyDataComposite(MobyDataType.getDataType("text-html"), null , null, 
htmlBuffer.toString());


         // Set the result that will be passed back to the client (same name as in mobyService annotation above)
         result.put("outputHTML", htmlObject);

       }
}
> Are you planning on coding in perl or java?
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> First, register the service using whatever method you wish (I use
> Dashboard).
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> Second, create the code for the service;
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> If you are using JAVA,
> http://biomoby.open-bio.org/CVS_CONTENT/moby-live/Java/docs/ has information
> for you (under Developing jMoby services) 
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> If you are using Perl,
> http://biomoby.open-bio.org/CVS_CONTENT/moby-live/Java/docs/PerlMoses.html
> explains how to create the service.
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> I would develop a hello world service that takes in a string and returns
> whatever you wish. Once you get that working, the rest would be trivial
> because all you would have to do instead of returning hello world is invoke
> your rest service and return the response.
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> If you need further guidance, let me know. I am unsure of how much you know!
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> Thanks,
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> Eddie 
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> From: Rajasekar Karthik [mailto:karthik085 at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 7:36 AM
> To: Edward Kawas
> Cc: moby-l at biomoby.org
> Subject: Re: [MOBY-l] REST Service registration
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> Eddie,
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> On 5/1/07, Edward Kawas <edward.kawas at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> That wouldn't be right (w.r.t. to moby).
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> Personally, I think that you will have to wrap this REST service in a moby
> service.
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> This is what I am trying to do. Sorry, I should have explained it clearer. 
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> But, how do I do this? I already have a REST service that takes a string
> name as input. Can you explain in detail?
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> So, you would create a web service that takes a string name as
> input. 
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> This web service would then pass on the string to 
> http://site.com/Service?Parameter1=INPUT_STRING, obtain a result and send it
> back to the caller of the moby service.
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> The reason that I think that you are incorrect, is because moby has a 
> predefined message structure that you will have follow to be compatible.
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> Hope this makes sense!
>
> Eddie
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: moby-l-bounces at lists.open-bio.org [mailto:moby-l-bounces at lists.open-
>> bio.org] On Behalf Of Rajasekar Karthik
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 7:16 AM 
>> To: moby-l at biomoby.org
>> Subject: [MOBY-l] REST Service registration
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to register a new service. In Service Endpoint - URL, I want 
>> to
>> store the URL to REST service.
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>> URL is something like:
>> http://site.com/Service?Parameter1=Value1
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>> Site: site.com
>> Service: Service
>> Parameter1: parameter/name
>> Value1: value for the parameter1
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>> eg:
>> http://mysite.com/Analysis?Name=phob 
>> http://mysite.com/Analysis?Name=lac
>>
>> In order to register the service, I have to input:
>> - in the Service Endpoint - URL: http://mysite.com/Analysis?
>> - in the input data, add
>>    a) Name (String)
>>
>> Is this right? If not, how can I register the service?
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards,
>> Rajasekar Karthik 
>> karthik085 at gmail.com
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