Extract Kobo data from API to send to OpenFn Inbox
📜 This job is an official example from OpenFn.
Metadata​
- Name: Extract Kobo data from API to send to OpenFn Inbox
- Adaptor:
@openfn/language-http
- Adaptor Version:
v3.1.7
- Created date unknown
- Updated date unknown
- Score: 100 (an indicator of how useful this job may be)
Key Functions​
dataPath
, each
, get
, map
, post
Expression​
//Sample job to get Kobo data and post back to OpenFn Inbox
fn(state => {
console.log(`Started at: ${new Date().toISOString()}`);
state.submissions = [];
state.data = {
surveys: [
// =========================================================================
//== TODO: Specify new forms to fetch here, including the Kobo form id, tag, name, and owner ==//
{ id: 'aijj9FSpuCzMTRnMPGike8', tag: 'nrgt_historical', name: 'NRGT Makira 2017 - Test OpenFn', owner: 'bns' }, // example
//consider listing multiple forms
// =========================================================================
].map(survey => ({
formId: survey.id,
tag: survey.tag,
name: survey.name,
owner: survey.owner,
url: `https://kf.kobotoolbox.org/api/v2/assets/${survey.id}/data/?format=json`,
})),
};
console.log(`Fetching data for ${state.data.surveys.length} surveys.`);
return state;
});
each(dataPath('surveys[*]'), state => {
const { url, tag, formId, name, owner } = state.data;
return get(url, {}, state => {
state.data.submissions = state.data.results.map((submission, i) => {
return {
i,
// Here we append the tags defined above to the Kobo form submission data
form: tag,
formName: name,
formOwner: owner,
body: submission,
};
});
const count = state.data.submissions.length;
console.log(`Fetched ${count} submissions from ${formId} (${tag}).`);
//Once we fetch the data, we want to post each individual Kobo survey
//back to the OpenFn inbox to run through the jobs
return each(dataPath('submissions[*]'), state => {
console.log(`Posting ${state.data.i + 1} of ${count}...`);
// =========================================================================
//== TODO: replace openfnInboxUrl with your OpenFn Project Inbox URL ====//
return post(openfnInboxUrl, { body: state => state.data })(state);
})(state);
// =========================================================================
})(state);
});
fn(state => {
console.log(`Finished at: ${new Date().toISOString()}`);
return {
data: {
message: "No cursor required. Job fetches all submission for given forms."
},
references: []
};
});