A Sails Hook Redbox - REDCap

In this example template you will find the barebones requirements for a Hook

This Project is divided between folders

api

Main API of your Hook can be stored in controllers and services

• controllers
• services

config & form-config

This configurations are redbox-portal dependent. They will allow redbox to be available as a record If you require to have a form in your portal

• config/recordtype
• config/workflow
• form-config/template-1.0-draft
• `config/env/development.js

redcap: {
      parentRecord: 'rdmp',
      formName: 'redcap-1.0-draft',
      workflowStage: 'draft',
      appName: 'redcap',
      appId: 'redcap',
      recordType: 'redcap',
      location: 'https://redcap.research.uts.edu.au',
      description: 'REDCap Workspace'
    }

index

Main entry point for the hook

initialize

Init code before it gets hooked.

routes

Controller routes exposed to the sails front-end

'get /your/route' : YourController.method

configure

Add configuration and services to your sails app

sails.services['YourService'] = function() { };
sails.config = _.merge(sails.config, {object});

test

First run npm install

Test your sails hook with mocha by running npm test before adding the hook to your redbox-portal. It may cause your application to not lift.

$ npm test

> @uts-eresearch/[email protected] test /Users/moises/source/code.research/sails-hook-redbox-template
> NODE_ENV=test node_modules/.bin/mocha



  Basic tests ::
    ✓ should have a service
    ✓ should have a form
    ✓ should have a route
    ✓ sails does not crash


  4 passing (864ms)

For more information on testing your hook go to : https://sailsjs.com/documentation/concepts/testing

Development in redbox-portal

A docker-compose.yml file is present in support/development and is setup to run the full ReDBox stack and install the hook. To run the stack there is a ReDBox Sails Hook Run Utility in the root of the project

Usage

ReDBox Sails Hook Run Utility
Usage: ./runForDev.sh [-a|--(no-)angular] [-h|--help]
	-a,--angular,--no-angular: Angular mode. Will ensure permissions are set correctly on the Sails working directory so that changes can be applied (off by default)
	-h,--help: Prints help

Note: The first time the stack runs it may take some time as yarn initialises the hook within ReDBox Portal. All subsequent runs should be faster