BioASQ Social Network

Social network for the BioASQ project.

Installation

• git clone the repostitory
• install server dependencies: npm install
• ensure MongoDB is running
• import demo data (this will remove existing data!): node ./server/scripts/import.js
• ./bin/start -- start the backend

Terms

• resource can be:
  • User
  • Question
  • Comment
  • Activity
• do we need annotations in the social network

REST backend services

• register, login, logout

• list of recent activity (timeline)

  • GET /activities

• array of questions

  • GET /questions

• a particular question

  • GET /questions/:id

• array of comments on a question

  • GET /questions/:id/comments

• array of followers to a question

  • GET /questions/:id/followers

• adding a comment to a question

  • POST /questions/:id/comments
  • JSON data: { creator: @userID, content: @content }

• follow a question

  • POST /questions/:id/followers
  • JSON data: { creator: @userID }

• unfollow a question

  • DELETE /questions/:id/followers/:followerID

• a particular user

  • GET /users/:id

• array of followers of a user

  • GET /users/:id/followers

• array of resources a user follows

  • GET /users/:id/following

• array of comments a user has written

  • GET /users/:id/comments

• follow a user

  • POST /users/:id/followers
  • JSON data: { creator: @followerID, about: userID }

• unfollow a user

  • DELETE /users/:id/followers/:followerID

• get array of all messages for current user

  • GET /messages

• get array of messages with a user (to and from)

  • GET /messages/user/:id

• write a message to a user

  • POST /messages
  • JSON data: see above

• post a message update (i.e. read state)

  • POST /messages/:id
  • JSON data: { read: true }, and/or other changed values

• vote on a Question

  • POST /votes
  • JSON data: { creator: @userID, about: @questionID, direction: 'up|down' }

JSON structure

• Mime type for Accept and Content-Type header: application/json

• Comments have the following format:

    {
        @id: "http://ns.bioasq.org/comments/123abc",
        @type: "Comment",
        about: "<resource URI>",
        title: "Comment title",
        created: "2013-04-16T10:19",
        content: "Comment text",
        creator: "<user name>",
        reply_of: "<parent comment>"
    }
  

• Users have the following format:

    {
        @id: "http://ns.bioasq.org/users/halo123",
        @type: "User",
        email: "halo123@example.com",
        first_name: "Frank",
        last_name: "Foster",
        container: <user container>
    }
  

• Messages have the following format:

    {
        @id: "http://ns.bioasq.org/comments/123abc",
        @type: "Message",
        creator: "<user ID>",
        to: "<receipient ID>",
        created: "2013-04-16T10:19",
        title: "Comment title",
        content: "Message text",
        reply_of: "<ID of parent message>",
        read: "true|false"
    }
  

• Questions have the following format:

    {
        @id: "http://ns.bioasq.org/questions/123abc",
        @type: "Question",
        body: "Question body",
        creator: "not shown",
        created: "2013-03-11T09:21",
        modified: "2013-03-12T08:46",
        qtype: "decisive|factoid|list|summary",
        answer: {
            body: "Answer body",
            annotations: ["<not shure if annotations are shown in SN>"]
        }
    }
  

• Follows have the following format:

    {
        type: "Follow",
        creator: "<user ID>",
        about: "<ID of resource followed>",
        created: "2013-04-16T10:19Z"
    }
  

• Votes have the following format:

    {
        type: "Vote",
        creator: "<user ID>",
        about: "<ID of resource followed>",
        created: "2013-04-16T10:19Z"
        direction: 'up|down'
    }