1 PHPCap and Software patterns for the College Toolbox Project Andy Arenson Advanced Biomedical IT Core Indiana University November 13, 2015 2 College Toolbox Project Indiana University has been selected by Glenn Close and her non- profit organization, U Bring Change 2 Mind, to be the national site to create a 'toolbox' of activities and events, designed by students for students to end the stigma that people with mental illness often face, and to make college campuses safer and more welcoming places. At the end of the 4-year project, U Bring Change 2 Mind will package and market the final toolbox to colleges and universities free of charge. 7,000 freshman at IU Bloomington invited to participate: Initial survey, Swag pickup, Events, Follow-up surveys 3 Challenge: Cant store identifiers in same database as survey results Solution : Use separate project to store identifiers NOTE: No need to use another database management system 4 Challenge: Only freshman students at IU Bloomington may take survey Solution : Use Launcher to authenticate respondents 5 Challenge: Only students who complete survey may pick up swag Solution : Use Card Reader to read student IDs 6 Combined Workflow 7 Pattern: REDCap project as data store component 8 Pattern: REDCap project as survey component 9 PHPCap: Architecture 10 PHPCap: Architecture PHPCap Easier methods for common API tasks Sendsif errors are found trying to use the API Connection Common library for multiple programs working together Translates business logic into Database persistence Object/Relational mapping Applications know about Surveys and Users Connection class knows about REDCap projects. 11 PHPCap: Methods Export get_records_all get_ids_all get_partials_all get_records_by_ids get_partials_by_ids get_records_by_fields get_ids_by_fields get_partials_by_fields Import import_records Advanced Authentication check_advanced_link_auth Handling DETs check_allowed_servers check_det_id 12 PHPCap: Examples A simple command line program https://github.com/aarenson/PhpCap/blob/master/sample.php https://github.com/aarenson/PhpCap/blob/master/sample.php The Connection class, which uses PHPCap https://github.com/aarenson/PhpCap/blob/master/SampleCon nection.php https://github.com/aarenson/PhpCap/blob/master/SampleCon nection.php Using REDCaps advanced authentication https://github.com/aarenson/PhpCap/blob/master/sample_adv auth.php https://github.com/aarenson/PhpCap/blob/master/sample_adv auth.php