iOS Demo Application

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iOS Application: implementation tips

1. API calls to make from the iOS application (using the Apstrata iOS client SDK)

Note: most of the methods exposed by the iOS client SDK to invoke Apstrata's APIs gather the required parameters into an instance of
NSDictionary. In the below, we use the following convention to represent the content of this dictionary:

{ "key1" : "value1", "key2" : "value2" } : a dictionary containing two key/value pairs
{ }: stands for an empty NSDictionary.

1.a. To retrieve the list of available concerts

Use one of the following methods of the iOS client SDK:

- callAPIJson (NSString*) methodName params:(NSDictionary *)params files:(NSDictionary *)files

(returns the result in JSON format)

- callAPIMethod:(NSString*) methodName parameters:(NSDictionary *)params files:(NSDictionary *) files

(returns the result in XML format),

with the following parameters values:

methodName: "Query"
params: { "apsdb.query" : "apsdb.schema = \"concert\" ", "apsdb.queryFields" : "title, ticketPriceLL, picture, description, date,
apsdb.documentKey" }
files: { }

Note: this is the minimum required to query for documents. If we assume that the query returns a large amount of documents, then we
should add the following to the params dictionary: [..., ("apsdb.count", "true"), ("apsdb.resultsPerPage", "some_number"),
("apsdb.pageNumber", "the_page_number")]

1.b. To retrieve the URL of the picture

The above query returns the name of the picture file in the "picture" field, therefore:
Use the following method of the iOS client SDK to retrieve the URL of the picture file:

- getFullApiUrl(NSString* action ) methodparameters: (NSDictionary *) parameters files: (NSDictionary *) files;

or the method hereafter to actually download the file (if "path" is an empty string or null, then the method returns a non null NSData object
filled with the file content:

- callAPIFile:(NSString *)methodName params:(NSDictionary *)params path:(NSString *)path

Example of code for retrieving the URL of a picture (the "client" object below is an instance of the Apstrata iOS client):

// The API name that allows to retrieve a file
NSString *methodName = @"GetFile";

// The name of the image file
NSString *fileName = @"Ixia.gif";

// The parameters to send along the call to GetFile
NSMutableDictionary *parameters = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
[parameters setObject: @"documentWithFile" forKey: @"apsdb.documentKey"];
[parameters setObject: fileName forKey: @"apsdb.fileName"];
[parameters setObject: @"apsdb_attachments" forKey: @"apsdb.fieldName"];
// Get the image URL by call getFullApiUrl on the iOS Client instance
NSString* imageUrl = [client getFullApiUrl:methodName parameters: parameters files:files];

Example of code to download a file and store it locally

// GetFile is the Apstrata API to invoke
methodName = @"GetFile";

// Specify the path where to download the file
NSString *path = @"/Users/elementn/Library/Application Support/iPhone simulator/receivedFiles/";
NSString *fileName = @"textfile.txt";
path = [path stringByAppendingString: fileName];

// Prepare the parameters of the call, i.e. the document key that contains the file to download, the
file name and the name

// of the document field to which the file is attached
[parameters setObject: @"documentWithFile" forKey: @"apsdb.documentKey"];
[parameters setObject: fileName forKey: @"apsdb.fileName"];
[parameters setObject: @"apsdb_attachments" forKey: @"apsdb.fieldName"];

// Invoke the "GetFile" API from the iOS client SDK
[client callAPIFile: methodName params:parameters path:path];
NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
bool fileWasUploaded = [fileManager fileExistsAtPath:path] == YES;
if (fileWasUploaded)
NSLog(@"File was successfully uploaded);
else
NSLog(@"File was not successfully uploaded");

Note: the field name "apsdb_attachment" used in the above example is only used to attach files to a schema-less document. In the case of
the demo application, all documents have a schema and the name of the field used to attach files (images) is "picture".

1.c. To buy tickets

Use

callAPIJson (returns the result in JSON format) or callAPIMethod:(NSString*) methodName
parameters:(NSDictionary *)params files:(NSDictionary *) files

in the iOS SDK (returns the result in JSon), with the following parameters values:

methodName: "RunScript"
params: { "apsdb.scriptName": "app.buyTickets", "amount: "some_amount", "quantity" : "some_qty", "concertTitle" : "the_title","name" : "buyer's_name", "msisdn" : "the_phone_number" }
files: { }

1.d. To retrieve the picture gallery of a given concert

Use

callAPIJson (returns the result in JSON format) or callAPIMethod:(NSString*) methodName parameters:(NSDictionary *)params files:(NSDictionary *) files

in the iOS SDK (returns the result in Json), with the following parameters values:

methodName: "Query"
params: { "apsdb.query" : "concert= \"the_key_of_the_concert_document\" ", "apsdb.queryFields" : "picture" }
files: { }

Note: the query returns the names of the image files. You then need to use "getFileUrl" to obtain a link to each image, as many times as
there are images.

1.e. To upload an image to the gallery

Use

callAPIMethod:(NSString*) methodName parameters:(NSDictionary *)params files:(NSDictionary *) files

in the iOS SDK (returns the result in XML), with the following parameters values:

methodName: "SaveDocument"

params: { "apsdb.schema" : "concert_image", "concert" : "the_key_of_the_concert_document", "title" : "the_title_of_the_img", "description" : "some_description", "tags" : "tag1,tag2,etc" }
files: { a dictionary of key/NamedFileData instances, see example of code below }
files: { a dictionary of key/NamedFileData instances, see example of code below }

Example of Objective C code to upload files using the iOS SDK:

// save document with attached image file
NSString* methodName = @"SaveDocument";


// Create the parameters dictionary
NSMutableDictionary *parameters = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];

// Add the document key to the parameters dictionary
[parameters setObject: @"documentWithFile" forKey: @"apsdb.documentKey"];

// Create an instance of NameFileData that will contain the image file
NamedFileData* namedFileDataImg = [[NamedFileData alloc] init];

// Load the image file from some folder
UIImage *fileImage = [[UIImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:@"/Users/elementn/Library/Application
Support/iPhone simulator/Ixia.gif"];

// Load the image bytes into an NSData instance and specify a name for the file
NSData *fileData = [NSData dataWithData: UIImagePNGRepresentation(fileImage)];
[namedFileDataImg setFileData:fileData];
[namedFileDataImg setFileName:@"Ixia.gif"];

// Create an array of NamedFileInstances that will contain the files to upload
NSMutableArray* fileDataArray = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObject:namedFileDataImg];

// Add a new element to the files parameters and associate the file to upload to the
"apsdb_attachments" field of the targeted apstrata document
[files setValue: fileDataArray forKey:@"apsdb_attachments"];

// Call the SaveDocument API through the iOS SDK
result = [client callAPIMethod:methodName parameters:parameters files:files];
NSLog(@"Apstrata's Response: %@",result);

1.f. To tweet

Tweeting is a twofold process:
1) first, you need to authorize the touch twitter application on your twitter account, unless the user has already authorized the application
2) second, the mobile application invokes Apstrata to tweet

1) In order to authorize the touch twitter application:

Use

callAPIJson (returns the result in JSON format) or callAPIMethod:(NSString*) methodName parameters:(NSDictionary *)params files:(NSDictionary *) files

in the iOS SDK (returns the result in Json), with the following parameters values:

methodName: "RunScript"
params: { "apsdb.scriptName": "social.twitter.integrate", "command" : "getRequestToken", "requester": "the_phone_number"}
files: { }

This method returns a Json object containing two properties: "accessToken" and "accessSecret". These need to be used in the second step (tweeting).

Note: the above call also creates/updates a document in the Apstrata store, key of which = "twitter_phonenumber". This document
contains a token and token secret field for every authorized twitter application for the given phone number (respectively
"token_consumerkey" and "secret_consumerkey"). You can use this document after authorizing the application the first time, in order to
avoid another unnecessary authorization.

2) In order to tweet on the user's twitter account:

Use

callAPIJson (returns the result in JSON format) or callAPIMethod:(NSString*) methodName
 parameters:(NSDictionary *)params files:(NSDictionary *) files

in the iOS SDK (returns the result in Json), with the following parameters values:

methodName: "RunScript"
params: { "apsdb.scriptName": "social.twitter.api", "consumerKey": "VZSaDoqSgDSzAOQjnnDhw", "consumerSecret": "nUjEPLTwaAiWjFgC5x6SrilI4yW86Fy6RnI0V3o", "accessToken": "The_access_token_obtained_at_step_1", "accessTokenSecret": "The_access_token_secret_obtained_at_step_1", "tweetString": "Some_message", "command": "tweet" }
files: { }

1.g. To retrieve the twitter authentication token and twitter authentication token secret for tweeting (if needed)

Use

callAPIJson (returns the result in JSON format) or callAPIMethod:(NSString*) methodName
 parameters:(NSDictionary *)params files:(NSDictionary *) files

in the iOS SDK (returns the result in XML), with the following parameters values:

methodName: "Query"
params: { "apsdb.query" : "apsdb.documentKey= \"twitter_the_phone_number\" ", "apsdb.queryFields" : "token_VZSaDoqSgDSzAOQjnnDhw, secret_VZSaDoqSgDSzAOQjnnDhw" }
files: { }

2. Making calls to Apstrata

Use your account authentication key and secret
The URL to the Apstrata cluster is : https://apstrata.touch.com/apsdb/rest

The below example shows how to create an instance of the Apstrata iOS client that allows invoking services on the above mentioned
account:

// Properties of the account and cluster
NSString *url = @"https://apstrata.touch.com/apsdb/rest";
NSString *authKey = @"your_auth_key_here";
NSString *secret = @"your_secret_here";


// Create an instance of the Apstrata iOS client. We use the SIMPLE authentication mechanism
ApstrataiPhoneClient *client = [[ApstrataiPhoneClient alloc] initWithURL: url key: authKey secret:
secret authMode: SIMPLE];

3. Schemas

We use the following schema (schemas will not be directly used by the iOS application):
concert, concert_ticket, concert_image, billing_transaction

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iOS Demo Application

iOS Application: implementation tips

1. API calls to make from the iOS application (using the Apstrata iOS client SDK)

1.a. To retrieve the list of available concerts

1.b. To retrieve the URL of the picture

1.c. To buy tickets

1.d. To retrieve the picture gallery of a given concert

1.e. To upload an image to the gallery

1.f. To tweet

1) In order to authorize the touch twitter application:

2) In order to tweet on the user's twitter account:

1.g. To retrieve the twitter authentication token and twitter authentication token secret for tweeting (if needed)

2. Making calls to Apstrata

3. Schemas