uniCMS storage.unical.it APIs handler

This uniCMS app allows you to interface with the public storage.unical.it APIs making users to consume information in a graphically appealing format.

The ability to customize settings file parameters and the ease of building new templates make this handler perfect for developers wishing to make their uniCMS instance dynamic and powerful.

Introduction

Using uniCMS for the realization of a web project in an Italian university represents an important design and communication challenge.

Being able to distribute a large amount of content in an organic and orderly way to a wide range of users (students who want to enroll, enrolled students, graduates, teachers, staff, local companies) requires the use of modern technologies capable of facilitating the non-redundant insertion and the immediate availability of information.

In this context, this app is an adequate solution for the management and the right graphical representation of the data coming from a specific API source.

How it works

By exploiting the uniCMS handlers mechanism, this app generates a series of dynamic webpaths which, using the API resources assigned to each class, render the obtained results through a specific template.

Each template integrates a Vue.js component that takes care of invoking the passed resource and retrieving the data.

Setup

To install unicms_unical_storage_handler follow these easy steps:

pip install git+https://github.com/UniversitaDellaCalabria/unicms-unical-storage-handler.git

In your uniCMS settingslocal.py file, add app in your INSTALLED_APPS

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...

    unicms_unical_storage_handler,
]

and set new handler

# UNICAL STORAGE HANDLER
if "unicms_unical_storage_handler" in INSTALLED_APPS:

    from unicms_unical_storage_handler.settings import *

    CMS_HANDLERS_PATHS.extend(CMS_STORAGE_HANDLERS_PATHS)
    CMS_APP_REGEXP_URLPATHS.update(CMS_STORAGE_APP_REGEXP_URLPATHS)

    # Set uniCMS websites pk list enabled to manage the new url
    # if different from default [1]
    ALLOWED_UNICMS_SITES = [2]
# END UNICAL STORAGE HANDLER

Finally, collect new templates

./manage.py unicms_collect_templates

Settings

List of website pks allowed to display the pages. This can be overridden in settingslocal

ALLOWED_UNICMS_SITES = [1]

Auto-built webpaths. Can’t be overridden.

CMS_STORAGE_BASE_PATH = 'storage'
CMS_STORAGE_CDS_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH = 'cds'
CMS_STORAGE_ACTIVITY_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH = 'activities'
CMS_STORAGE_TEACHER_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH = 'teachers'
CMS_STORAGE_ADDRESSBOOK_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH = 'addressbook'
CMS_STORAGE_STRUCTURE_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH = 'structures'
CMS_STORAGE_LABORATORY_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH = 'laboratories'
CMS_STORAGE_PUBLICATIONS_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH = 'publications'

Regular expressions managing webpath handling. Can’t be ovverridden.

CMS_STORAGE_BASE_URL_VIEW_REGEXP = f'^(?P<webpath>[\/a-zA-Z0-9\.\-\_]*)({CMS_STORAGE_BASE_PATH})(/)?$' # noqa
CMS_STORAGE_CDS_LIST_URL_VIEW_REGEXP = f'^(?P<webpath>[\/a-zA-Z0-9\.\-\_]*)({CMS_STORAGE_BASE_PATH})/({CMS_STORAGE_CDS_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH})(/)?$' # noqa
CMS_STORAGE_CDS_INFO_URL_VIEW_REGEXP = f'^(?P<webpath>[\/a-zA-Z0-9\.\-\_]*)({CMS_STORAGE_BASE_PATH})/({CMS_STORAGE_CDS_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH})/(?P<code>[a-z0-9\-]*)(/)?$' # noqa
CMS_STORAGE_ACTIVITY_URL_VIEW_REGEXP = f'^(?P<webpath>[\/a-zA-Z0-9\.\-\_]*)({CMS_STORAGE_BASE_PATH})/({CMS_STORAGE_CDS_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH})/(?P<cdsid>[a-z0-9\-]*)/{CMS_STORAGE_ACTIVITY_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH}/(?P<code>[a-z0-9\-]*)(/)?$' # noqa
CMS_STORAGE_TEACHER_LIST_URL_VIEW_REGEXP = f'^(?P<webpath>[\/a-zA-Z0-9\.\-\_]*)({CMS_STORAGE_BASE_PATH})/({CMS_STORAGE_TEACHER_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH})(/)?$' # noqa
CMS_STORAGE_TEACHER_INFO_URL_VIEW_REGEXP = f'^(?P<webpath>[\/a-zA-Z0-9\.\-\_]*)({CMS_STORAGE_BASE_PATH})/({CMS_STORAGE_TEACHER_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH})/(?P<code>[a-z0-9\-]*)(/)?$' # noqa
CMS_STORAGE_PUBLICATIONS_INFO_URL_VIEW_REGEXP = f'^(?P<webpath>[\/a-zA-Z0-9\.\-\_]*)({CMS_STORAGE_BASE_PATH})/({CMS_STORAGE_TEACHER_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH})/(?P<teacherid>[a-z0-9\-]*)/{CMS_STORAGE_PUBLICATIONS_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH}/(?P<code>[a-z0-9\-]*)(/)?$' # noqa
CMS_STORAGE_ADDRESSBOOK_LIST_URL_VIEW_REGEXP = f'^(?P<webpath>[\/a-zA-Z0-9\.\-\_]*)({CMS_STORAGE_BASE_PATH})/({CMS_STORAGE_ADDRESSBOOK_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH})(/)?$' # noqa
CMS_STORAGE_ADDRESSBOOK_INFO_URL_VIEW_REGEXP = f'^(?P<webpath>[\/a-zA-Z0-9\.\-\_]*)({CMS_STORAGE_BASE_PATH})/({CMS_STORAGE_ADDRESSBOOK_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH})/(?P<code>[a-z0-9\-]*)(/)?$' # noqa
CMS_STORAGE_STRUCTURE_LIST_URL_VIEW_REGEXP = f'^(?P<webpath>[\/a-zA-Z0-9\.\-\_]*)({CMS_STORAGE_BASE_PATH})/({CMS_STORAGE_STRUCTURE_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH})(/)?$' # noqa
CMS_STORAGE_STRUCTURE_INFO_URL_VIEW_REGEXP = f'^(?P<webpath>[\/a-zA-Z0-9\.\-\_]*)({CMS_STORAGE_BASE_PATH})/({CMS_STORAGE_STRUCTURE_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH})/(?P<code>[a-z0-9\-]*)(/)?$' # noqa
CMS_STORAGE_LABORATORY_LIST_URL_VIEW_REGEXP = f'^(?P<webpath>[\/a-zA-Z0-9\.\-\_]*)({CMS_STORAGE_BASE_PATH})/({CMS_STORAGE_LABORATORY_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH})(/)?$' # noqa
CMS_STORAGE_LABORATORY_INFO_URL_VIEW_REGEXP = f'^(?P<webpath>[\/a-zA-Z0-9\.\-\_]*)({CMS_STORAGE_BASE_PATH})/({CMS_STORAGE_LABORATORY_VIEW_PREFIX_PATH})/(?P<code>[a-z0-9\-]*)(/)?$' # noqa

Handlers list (used in settingslocal as shown in Setup guide).

CMS_STORAGE_HANDLERS_PATHS = [CMS_STORAGE_BASE_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
                              CMS_STORAGE_ACTIVITY_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
                              CMS_STORAGE_ADDRESSBOOK_LIST_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
                              CMS_STORAGE_ADDRESSBOOK_INFO_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
                              CMS_STORAGE_CDS_LIST_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
                              CMS_STORAGE_CDS_INFO_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
                              CMS_STORAGE_LABORATORY_LIST_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
                              CMS_STORAGE_LABORATORY_INFO_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
                              CMS_STORAGE_STRUCTURE_LIST_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
                              CMS_STORAGE_STRUCTURE_INFO_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
                              CMS_STORAGE_TEACHER_LIST_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
                              CMS_STORAGE_TEACHER_INFO_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
                              CMS_STORAGE_PUBLICATIONS_INFO_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
                              ]

Handlers dictionary (used in settingslocal as shown in Setup guide)

CMS_STORAGE_APP_REGEXP_URLPATHS = {
    'unicms_unical_storage_handler.handlers.BaseStorageHandler' : CMS_STORAGE_BASE_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
    'unicms_unical_storage_handler.handlers.CdSListViewHandler' : CMS_STORAGE_CDS_LIST_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
    'unicms_unical_storage_handler.handlers.CdSInfoViewHandler' : CMS_STORAGE_CDS_INFO_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
    'unicms_unical_storage_handler.handlers.ActivityViewHandler' : CMS_STORAGE_ACTIVITY_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
    'unicms_unical_storage_handler.handlers.TeacherListViewHandler' : CMS_STORAGE_TEACHER_LIST_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
    'unicms_unical_storage_handler.handlers.TeacherInfoViewHandler' : CMS_STORAGE_TEACHER_INFO_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
    'unicms_unical_storage_handler.handlers.AddressbookListViewHandler' : CMS_STORAGE_ADDRESSBOOK_LIST_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
    'unicms_unical_storage_handler.handlers.AddressbookInfoViewHandler' : CMS_STORAGE_ADDRESSBOOK_INFO_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
    'unicms_unical_storage_handler.handlers.StructureListViewHandler': CMS_STORAGE_STRUCTURE_LIST_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
    'unicms_unical_storage_handler.handlers.StructureInfoViewHandler' : CMS_STORAGE_STRUCTURE_INFO_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
    'unicms_unical_storage_handler.handlers.LaboratoryListViewHandler': CMS_STORAGE_LABORATORY_LIST_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
    'unicms_unical_storage_handler.handlers.LaboratoryInfoViewHandler' : CMS_STORAGE_LABORATORY_INFO_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
    'unicms_unical_storage_handler.handlers.PublicationsInfoViewHandler': CMS_STORAGE_PUBLICATIONS_INFO_URL_VIEW_REGEXP,
}

API endpoints. These values can be overridden.

# cms_storage APIs (ref: https://storage.unical.it)
CMS_STORAGE_BASE_API = 'https://storage.portale.unical.it/api/ricerca/'

CMS_STORAGE_ACADEMICYEARS_API = f'{CMS_STORAGE_BASE_API}academicyears/'
CMS_STORAGE_ACTIVITY_API = f'{CMS_STORAGE_BASE_API}activities/'
CMS_STORAGE_ADDRESSBOOK_API = f'{CMS_STORAGE_BASE_API}addressbook/'
CMS_STORAGE_CDS_API = f'{CMS_STORAGE_BASE_API}cds/'
CMS_STORAGE_COMMUNITYTYPES_API = f'{CMS_STORAGE_BASE_API}publicationscommunitytypes/'
CMS_STORAGE_DEGREETYPES_API = f'{CMS_STORAGE_BASE_API}degreetypes/'
CMS_STORAGE_DEPARTMENTSFILTER_API = f'{CMS_STORAGE_BASE_API}departmentsfilter/'
CMS_STORAGE_ERC0LIST_API = f'{CMS_STORAGE_BASE_API}erc0list/'
CMS_STORAGE_ERC1LIST_API = f'{CMS_STORAGE_BASE_API}erc1list/'
CMS_STORAGE_LABORATORIESAREAS_API = f'{CMS_STORAGE_BASE_API}laboratoriesareas/'
CMS_STORAGE_LABORATORY_API = f'{CMS_STORAGE_BASE_API}laboratories/'
CMS_STORAGE_ROLES_API = f'{CMS_STORAGE_BASE_API}roles/'
CMS_STORAGE_STRUCTURE_API = f'{CMS_STORAGE_BASE_API}structures/'
CMS_STORAGE_STRUCTUREFILTER_API = f'{CMS_STORAGE_BASE_API}structuresfilter/'
CMS_STORAGE_STRUCTURETYPES_API = f'{CMS_STORAGE_BASE_API}structuretypes/'
CMS_STORAGE_TEACHER_API = f'{CMS_STORAGE_BASE_API}teachers/'

Labels for titles and breadcrumbs. These can be ovverridden.

CMS_STORAGE_ACTIVITIES_LABEL = _("Teachings")
CMS_STORAGE_ADDRESSBOOK_LABEL = _("Persons")
CMS_STORAGE_CDS_LIST_LABEL = _("Study courses")
CMS_STORAGE_LABORATORY_LABEL = _("Laboratories")
CMS_STORAGE_PUBLICATIONS_LABEL = _("Publications")
CMS_STORAGE_ROOT_LABEL = _("Data storage")
CMS_STORAGE_STRUCTURE_LABEL = _("Structures")
CMS_STORAGE_TEACHERS_LABEL = _("Teachers")

API filters to take only choosen data in templates. Each of these can be overridden in settings.

# show only these coursetypes (es: ['L','LM'])
ALLOWED_CDS_COURSETYPES = []

# allowed study courses languages
ALLOWED_CDS_LANGUAGES = ['ita', 'eng']

# API base filters
ALLOWED_CDS_JOINT_DEGREES = [
    {'COD': 'N', 'name': _("No")},
    {'COD': 'S', 'name': _("Joint title")},
    {'COD': 'D', 'name': _("Double title")}
]


ALLOWED_ADDRESSBOOK_ROLES = []
ALLOWED_ADDRESSBOOK_STRUCTURE_ID = []


ALLOWED_STRUCTURE_TYPES = []
ALLOWED_COMMUNITY_TYPES = []

# fields to show templates
CDS_INFO_FIELDS = ['CdSGoals', 'CdSAccess', 'CdSAdmission',
                   'CdSProfiles', 'CdSFinalTest', 'CdSFinalTestMode',
                   'CdSSatisfactionSurvey']

# fields to hide in templates
ADDRESSBOOK_INFO_NOT_SHOW = ['ID', 'Name', 'Role',
                             'RoleDescription', 'StructureTypeCOD']
TEACHER_INFO_NOT_SHOW = ['TeacherID', 'TeacherDepartmentID',
                         'TeacherLastName', 'TeacherFirstName',
                         'TeacherRole', 'TeacherRoleDescription']

STRUCTURE_INFO_NOT_SHOW = ['StructureId', 'StructureFatherId']

LABORATORY_INFO_NOT_SHOW = ['LaboratoryId', 'CompletionReferentId',
                            'ScientificDirectorId', 'DepartmentReferentId',
                            'LaboratoryErc1Cod', 'LaboratoryErc0Cod',
                            'ResearchPersonnelID', 'TechPersonnelID',
                            'LaboratoryName', 'LaboratoryAcronym',
                            'LaboratoryScope', 'LaboratoryLogo',
                            'LaboratoryErc1', 'LaboratoryResearchPersonnel',
                            'LaboratoryTechPersonnel', 'LaboratoryOfferedServices',
                            'LaboratoryLocation', 'LaboratoryErc0Description',
                            'LaboratoryServicesScope', 'LaboratoryTeachingScope',
                            'LaboratoryResearchScope', 'LaboratoryActivities',
                            'CompletionReferentName', 'TechPersonnelRole']

PUBLICATIONS_INFO_NOT_SHOW = ['PublicationId', 'PublicationAbstract',
                              'PublicationTitle', 'PublicationCommunity',
                              'PublicationCollection', 'PublicationReferenceAuthor']

# if set, API will retrieve only structures with this parent and later
INITIAL_STRUCTURE_FATHER = ''

Almalaurea trasparenza link. This can be overridden.

# ALMALAUREA Link
ALMALAUREA_LINK = 'http://statistiche.almalaurea.it/universita/statistiche/trasparenza?codicione='

Templates

Templates are managed as atomic, inheritable and composable elements, which can also be used in uniCMS to create independent blocks to be inserted in its pages.

Every single template is a combination of HTML, Django tags and Vue.js. This approach is extremely flexible.

Bases

File	Description
unical_storage_list.html	Base template inherited from every list view. Provides pagination, base search and base API calling methods

Blocks

All blocks templates accept the same context parameters.

Name	Required	Type	Description
url	yes	String	API source URL
uid	no	String	Manual unique id for Vue.js component and HTML elements id (if not present is ramdomly generated)

File	Description	API source	Extra context params
unical_storage_addressbook.html	Addressbook list	/api/ricerca/addressbook/	structure_id (not required): structure id to populate filter with only its childs
unical_storage_addressbook_info.html	Addressbook single item	/api/ricerca/addressbook/{personaleid}/	-
unical_storage_addressbook_without_structure_filter.html	Addressbook list without search filters	/api/ricerca/addressbook/	-
unical_storage_cdsinfo.html	Single study course detail	/api/ricerca/cds/{cdsid}/	-
unical_storage_cdslist.html	Study courses list	/api/ricerca/cds/	-
unical_storage_cdslist_without_course_types.html	Study courses list without coursetype search filter	/api/ricerca/cds/	-
unical_storage_cdslist_without_filters.html	Study courses list without search filters	/api/ricerca/cds/	-
unical_storage_cdsstudyplans.html	Study course's studyplans list	api/ricerca/cds/{cdsid}/studyplans/	-