TeSS API Client

A gem for uploading data to the TeSS portal. Use if you have training or event content you wish to push to TeSS.

Get Started

Add the TeSS API to your Gemfile and use bundle to install

echo "gem 'tess_api_client', :git => git://github.com/ElixirUK/TeSS_api_client.git" >> Gemfile

bundle install 

Create a config file containing the TeSS instance info & your TeSS credentials (uses https://dev.tess.elixir-europe.org by default):

cp uploader_config.example.txt uploader_config.txt

nano uploader_config.txt

...OR configure in your code:

Tess::API.config = {
    'host' => 'dev.tess.elixir-europe.org',
    'port' => '443',
    'protocol' => 'https',
    'user_email' => '[email protected]',
    'user_token' => 'MyAPIToken'
}

Create a new ruby script which uses the gem. Use the ContentProvider model to create a new content provider in TeSS and the Material or Event model to create new resources.

$ nano my_upload_script.rb

require 'tess_api_client'

content_provider = Tess::API::ContentProvider.new(
    title: 'My Organization Name',
    url: 'https://my.org.org/',
    image_url: 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Smiley.svg/2000px-Smiley.svg.png',
    description: "We're sharing our content with TeSS!")

material = Tess::API::Material.new(
    title: 'How to use TeSS API',
    url: 'http://mysite.org/tess_api',
    description: 'Everything you need to know to get you started using the TeSS API',
    doi: 'http://dx.doi.org/10002-20fk',
    remote_updated_date: Time.now,
    content_provider: content_provider, # The content provider is created if needed when the material is created.
    scientific_topic: ['Computational Biology'],
    keywords: ['tutorial', 'TeSS', 'sharing'])

material.create_or_update # Creates the material, or updates the existing entry if it already exists

Further Examples

More examples can be found in the test directory of this repository, or in the TeSS Scrapers repository