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Study procedures

Thaliehln edited this page Jul 19, 2022 · 4 revisions

Study procedures

Procedures related to research data

Form updates

To be completed

ODK Central backup procedure

  1. Run the code that allows to backup the ODK Central server through the ODK API on a daily basis
import requests
import os
import json
import cgi
import pandas as pd
from xml.etree import ElementTree

def get_session_token(central_url, central_email, central_password):

    email_token_response = requests.post(
        central_url + "/v1/sessions",
        data = json.dumps({"email": central_email,
                           "password": central_password}),
        headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"},
    )

    if email_token_response.status_code == 200:
        return email_token_response.json()["token"]

def backup(central_url, session_token, passphrase):

    backup_response = requests.post(
        central_url + "/v1/backup",
        data = json.dumps({"passphrase": passphrase}),
        headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer " + session_token,
                   "Content-Type": "application/json"},
        stream = True
    )

    if backup_response.status_code == 200:
        _, params = cgi.parse_header(backup_response.headers.get('Content-Disposition', ''))
        filename = params["filename"].replace(":","-")
        file = open(filename, "wb")
        file.write(backup_response.content)
        print("Backup successful")

Procedures related to Clinical Decision Support Algorithm (CDSA) data

CDSA data sharing

Before sharing

  1. Check that the table patient.csv does not contain any personally identifiable information:

    • first name
    • last name
    • middle name
    • date of birth

How to share

To be completed