package iThenticate::API::Client; use strict; use warnings; our $VERSION = 0.08; use constant DEFAULT_URL => 'https://test.api.ithenticate.com:443/rpc'; ## no critic use URI; use RPC::XML::Client; use iThenticate::API::Request; use iThenticate::API::Response; =head1 NAME iThenticate::API::Client - a client class to access the iThenticate API =head1 SYNOPSIS # construct a new client $client = iThenticate::API::Client->new({ username => $username, password => $password, url => 'https://api.ithenticate.com:443/rpc', # default https://test.api.ithenticate.com:443/rpc }); # authenticate the client, returns an iThenticate::API::Response object $response = $client->login; # access the session id from the response object $sid = $response->sid; # submit a document $response = $client->add_document({ title => 'Moby Dick', author_first => 'Herman', author_last => 'Melville', filename => 'moby_dick.doc', folder => 72, # folder id submit_to => 1, # 1 => 'Generate Report Only' upload => `cat moby_dick.doc`, # binary content of document # the client module will base64 and chunk it }); # get the newly created document id $document_id = $response->id; $document = $response->document; # get the document parts (note use of hash reference instead of object method) $parts = $document->{parts}; =head1 DESCRIPTION This module provides a client library interface to the iThenticate API web services. It encapsulates different transport engines to provide a set of methods through which the user can access the iThenticate API programmatically. See the iThenticate API reference web page at http://www.ithenticate.com/api.html for more details. =head1 METHODS =head2 CONSTRUCTORS AND AUTHENTICATION =over 4 =item new() # construct a new client $client = iThenticate::API::Client->new({ username => $username, password => $password, host => 'api.ithenticate.com', # default test.api.ithenticate.com path => 'rpc', # default rpc port => 3000, # default 3000 }); Returns an iThenticate::API::Response object =cut sub new { my ( $class, $args_ref ) = @_; # need some auth credentials to proceed die 'username needed to create new client object' unless $args_ref->{username}; die 'password needed to create new client object' unless $args_ref->{password}; # set defaults my $url = $args_ref->{url} || DEFAULT_URL; # canonicalize the url $url = URI->new( $url )->canonical; die "invalid url $url\n" unless $url; # create a new rpc client my $rpc_client = RPC::XML::Client->new( $url ); die "unable to create rpc client from url $url" unless $rpc_client; # make an object my %self; bless \%self, $class; # stash the auth object $self{auth} = { username => $args_ref->{username}, password => $args_ref->{password}, }; # stash the rpc object $self{rpc_client} = $rpc_client; return \%self; } ## end sub new =item credentials() # pass basic auth credentials to the client $client->credentials({ realm => 'My Authenticated Realm', username => 'foo@example.com', password => 'zimzamfoo123', }); =cut sub credentials { my ( $self, $args ) = @_; my $realm = $args->{realm} || die 'no realm'; my $username = $args->{username} || die 'no username'; my $password = $args->{password} || die 'no password'; return $self->{rpc_client}->credentials( $realm, $username, $password ); } =item login() # authenticate the client, returns an iThenticate::API::Response object $response = $client->login; # access the session id from the response object $sid = $response->sid; The session id (sid) is stored internally in the client for future authentication so there is no need to pass it explicitly =cut sub login { my $self = shift; # we don't use _dispatch_request here because we set the sid as the authentication token my $request = iThenticate::API::Request->new( { method => 'login', auth => $self->{auth}, } ); die 'unable to create login request' unless $request; my $response = $self->_make_request( $request ); # check for errors return $response if $response->errors; if ( my $sid = $response->sid ) { # successful login, stash the sid for future auth $self->{auth} = $sid; } return $response; } ## end sub login =back =head2 FOLDER GROUPS =over 4 =item add_folder_group() # add a folder group $response = $client->add_folder_group({ name => 'iThenticate', }); $folder_group_id = $response->id; =cut sub add_folder_group { my ( $self, $args ) = @_; return $self->_dispatch_request( 'group.add', $args ); } =item list_folder_groups() # list folder groups $response = $client->list_folder_groups; # returns an array reference of hash references holding the folder group data owned by the api user $folder_groups = $response->groups; # Example response data: # $folder_groups->[0] = { id => 1, name => 'First Folder Group' }; =cut sub list_folder_groups { return shift->_dispatch_request( 'group.list' ); } =item group_folders() # returns all the folders in a group $response = $client->group_folders({ id => $folder_group_id }); # returns an array reference of folder hashes $folders = $response->folders; # Example response data: # $folders->[0] = { id => 1, # name => 'First Folder', # group => { # id => 1, # name => 'First Folder Group', }, }; =cut sub group_folders { my ( $self, $args ) = @_; return $self->_dispatch_request( 'group.folders', $args ); } =item drop_group() # remove a folder group $response = $client->drop_group({ id => $folder_group_id }); # Returns a message on successful response, with no errors if (!$response->errors && $response->messages->[0] eq "Group \"$folder_group_id\" removed") { print "Group $folder_group_id dropped successfully\n"; } =cut sub drop_group { my ( $self, $args ) = @_; return $self->_dispatch_request( 'group.drop', $args ); } =back =head2 FOLDERS =over 4 =item add_folder() # add a folder $response = $client->add_folder({ name => 'API Specification', description => 'Holds documentation referencing the iThenticate API', folder_group => 79, # id of the folder group exclude_quotes => 1, # 1 (true), or 0 (false) add_to_index => 1, # 1 (true), or 0 (false), needed if account has # a private storage node }); # returns the id of the newly created folder $folder_id = $response->id; =cut sub add_folder { my ( $self, $args ) = @_; return $self->_dispatch_request( 'folder.add', $args ); } =item get_folder() # get a folder and related documents $response = $client->get_folder({ id => $folder_id }); # see group_folders() for folder response data format $folder = $response->folder; # get the documents for this folder $documents = $response->documents; # Example document data # $documents->[0] = { author_first => 'Jules', author_last => 'Varne', # is_pending => 1, percent_match => '83.2', # processed_time => '94.3', title => '10,000 Leagues Over The Sea', # parts => $parts, uploaded_time => '2008-03-13 07:35:35 PST', # id => 1, }; # Example document parts data # $parts->[0] = { part_id => 1, doc_id => 1, score => '95.2', word => 456, }; =cut sub get_folder { my ( $self, $args ) = @_; return $self->_dispatch_request( 'folder.get', $args ); } =item list_folders() # returns all the folders for a user $response = $client->list_folders(); # returns an array reference of folder hashes $folders = $response->folders; # see get_folder() for the response folder data example =cut sub list_folders { my ( $self, $args ) = @_; return $self->_dispatch_request( 'folder.list', $args ); } =item trash_folder() # move a folder to the trash $response = $client->trash_folder({ id => $folder_id }); print "Folder trashed ok!" if ( !$response->errors && $response->messages->[0] eq 'Moved to Trash' ); =cut sub trash_folder { my ( $self, $args ) = @_; return $self->_dispatch_request( 'folder.trash', $args ); } =back =head2 DOCUMENTS =over 4 =item add_document() # submit a document $response = $client->add_document({ title => 'Moby Dick', author_first => 'Herman', author_last => 'Melville', filename => 'moby_dick.doc', # binary content of document # the client module will base64 and chunk it # note - don't actually use backticks like shown here :) upload => `cat moby_dick.doc`, folder => 72, # folder id # options 2 and 3 only available for accounts with private nodes submit_to => 1, # 1 => 'Generate Report Only' # 2 => 'to Document Repository Only' # 3 => 'to Document Repository & Generate Report' }); # get the newly created document id $document_id = $response->id; $document = $response->document; # see get_folder() for the response data format for the document =cut sub add_document { my ( $self, $args ) = @_; $args->{uploads}->[0] = RPC::XML::struct->new( { title => RPC::XML::string->new( delete $args->{title} ), author_first => RPC::XML::string->new( delete $args->{author_first} ), author_last => RPC::XML::string->new( delete $args->{author_last} ), filename => RPC::XML::string->new( delete $args->{filename} ), upload => RPC::XML::base64->new( delete $args->{upload} ), } ); return $self->_dispatch_request( 'document.add', $args, 1 ); } =item get_document() # check the status of a document submission $response = $client->get_document({ id => $document_id, }); # access the document attributes from the response $document_id = $response->id; # returns an array reference of document part hash references $document_parts = $document->{parts}; # see get_folder() for the document and document parts data formats =cut sub get_document { my ( $self, $args ) = @_; return $self->_dispatch_request( 'document.get', $args ); } =item trash_document() # move a document to the trash $response = $client->trash_document({ id => $document_id }); =cut sub trash_document { my ( $self, $args ) = @_; return $self->_dispatch_request( 'document.trash', $args ); } =back =head2 REPORTING =over 4 =item get_report() # get an get report $response = $client->get_report({ id => $document_part_id, }); # see if the report is ready if ( $response->errors && ( $response->status == 404 ) ) { # the report may still be in progress if ( $response->messages->[0] =~ m/report in progress/i ) { print "Report is still being prepared, please try later\n"; } else { print STDERR "Report not found found document part $document_part_id\n"; } } else { # report is ready, see iThenticate::API::Response for report object details $report = $response->report; $report_url = $report->{view_only_url}; # save the report content to disk $grab_report = `wget --output-document=$HOME/reports/new.html $report_url`; } =cut sub get_report { my ( $self, $args ) = @_; return $self->_dispatch_request( 'report.get', $args ); } =back =head2 ACCOUNTS =over 4 =item get_account() # get the account status $response = $client->get_account; $account_status = $response->account_status; =cut sub get_account { return shift->_dispatch_request( 'account.get' ); } =back =head2 USERS =over 4 =item add_user() # add a user $response = $client->add_user({ first_name => 'Joe', last_name => 'User', email => 'joe@user.com', password => 'swizzlestick123', }); $user_id = $response->id; =cut sub add_user { my ( $self, $args ) = @_; return $self->_dispatch_request( 'user.add', $args ); } =item put_user() # update a user's information $response = $client->put_user({ email => 'joeuser@gmail.com', }); if ( $response->messages->[1] eq 'Email updated for user joeuser@gmail.com' ) { print 'got the right message'; } =cut sub put_user { my ( $self, $args ) = @_; return $self->_dispatch_request( 'user.put', $args ); } =item drop_user() # delete a user from the account $response = $client->drop_user({ id => $user_id }); print 'some errors occurred' if $response->errors; =cut sub drop_user { my ( $self, $args ) = @_; return $self->_dispatch_request( 'user.drop', $args ); } =item list_users() # users listing $response = $client->list_users; # returns a an array reference of user data in hashes $users = $response->users; # Example user data format # $users->[0] = { id => 1, email => 'jules@varne.com', # first_name => 'Jules', last_name => 'Varne', }; =cut sub list_users { return shift->_dispatch_request( 'user.list' ); } # internal dispatch method to dispatch common requests sub _dispatch_request { my ( $self, $method, $args, $novalidate ) = @_; my $request = iThenticate::API::Request->new( { method => $method, auth => { sid => $self->{auth} }, req_args => $args, novalidate => $novalidate, } ); die "unable to create $method request" unless $request; my $response = $self->_make_request( $request ); return $response; } # internal dispatch method which makes the request based # on what transport mechanism we are using, rpc, soap, etc. sub _make_request { my ( $self, $request ) = @_; die 'need a request object' unless $request; my $response = $self->{rpc_client}->send_request( $request->{rpc_request} ); # When no connection can be made RPC::XML returns a string (error) if ( ref( \$response ) eq 'SCALAR' ) { die "Error: $response\n"; } # else check for RPC::XML::fault elsif ( $response->isa( 'RPC::XML::fault' ) ) { require Data::Dumper; die sprintf( "Error code: %s\nError string: %s\nRequest object: %s\n", $response->{faultCode}->value, $response->{faultString}->value, Data::Dumper::Dumper( $request ), ); # if it isn't a fault and not a struct it is an unknown error } elsif ( ref( $response ) ne 'RPC::XML::struct' ) { # unknown response require Data::Dumper; die 'unknown response returned, unable to handle: ' . Data::Dumper::Dumper( $response ); } # at this point we have a valid response # transform the response to an object my $ithenticate_response = iThenticate::API::Response->_new( $response ); ## no critic return $ithenticate_response; } ## end sub _make_request =back =head1 TESTING To enable testing against the iThenticate live test API, set the following environment variables before running 'make test'. IT_USERNAME IT_PASSWORD IT_API_URL See your iThenticate account representative to obtain these credentials to the API testing environment. =head1 BUGS =over 4 =item IT_API_URL If you receive an error back from the server that looks like 'mismatched tag' then you likely have an invalid url specified for IT_API_URL instead of an actual mismatched tag in the request xml. =back =head1 FAQ Q: Why doesn't this code do X? A: Because that feature hasn't been requested yet :) =head1 SEE ALSO iThenticate::API::Request, iThenticate::API::Response, RPC::XML, SOAP::Lite =head1 AUTHOR Fred Moyer =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright 2008 iParadigms LLC =cut 1;