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[chathura widanage <chathurawidanage@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Halvdan. Since that is the case, I am going to locally process the
files.

On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 6:41 PM, Halvdan Hoem Grelland <halvdan@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> To answer the original question: no, currently fileResource is only used
> as a backend for storing file content with DataValues. Extending it to more
> generic file store use cases is on the horizon, but it's yet to be
> specified on the roadmap, unfortunately.
>
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Morten Olav Hansen <morten@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I think it's fairly recent.. if you don't have to support every
>> single version of IE.. I think it's safe to use it :) (it also removes the
>> need to store tmp files on the server)
>>
>> --
>> Morten Olav Hansen
>> Senior Engineer, DHIS 2
>> University of Oslo
>> http://www.dhis2.org
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 3:07 PM, chathura widanage <
>> chathurawidanage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Didn't know about the FileReader API till now. Thanks for the
>>> information. I had the thought that browsers block local file read. Thanks
>>> a lot.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Morten Olav Hansen <morten@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ok, but why do you need to store it in the server at all? can't you
>>>> just process it on the client?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Morten Olav Hansen
>>>> Senior Engineer, DHIS 2
>>>> University of Oslo
>>>> http://www.dhis2.org
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 2:16 PM, chathura widanage <
>>>> chathurawidanage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Morten,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks. Just the selected rows from the CSV are going to be stored in
>>>>> the data store. But to do so, first I need to show the content of the CSV
>>>>> to the user (graphically). So I have to read the content of the CSV first.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I am going to do it in one of my own web app, what I will do is,
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Upload the CSV to server temporary.(say tmp.csv) (I need a solution
>>>>> for this step in the DHIS context)
>>>>> 2. Read back the uploaded CSV(tmp.csv) show it to the user. (draw a
>>>>> chart in my case)
>>>>> 3. Allow the user to select the required data.
>>>>> 4. Save only the selected data(rows) to the database. (In DHIS, saving
>>>>> to the data store)
>>>>> 5. Delete tmp.csv
>>>>>
>>>>> So what I really need is to do the same thing in step 1 above using
>>>>> the DHIS Web api.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 12:37 PM, Morten Olav Hansen <morten@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Did you have a look at the data store API? [1], you could also use
>>>>>> the user setting API to store it (if its small enough) [2]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>> http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s67.html
>>>>>> [2]
>>>>>> http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s46.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Morten Olav Hansen
>>>>>> Senior Engineer, DHIS 2
>>>>>> University of Oslo
>>>>>> http://www.dhis2.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 2:03 PM, chathura widanage <
>>>>>> chathurawidanage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, display in a chart as a preview. Part of the data(selected
>>>>>>> rows) will be then saved as an attribute in a custom object. Custom object
>>>>>>> will then be persisted to the system. So there is no need of retrieving
>>>>>>> data from this fileSource later.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sure, but what is it you want to do with this after retrieving?
>>>>>>>> Display it somehow?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Knut
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 11:11 AM, chathura widanage <
>>>>>>>> chathurawidanage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the response, what I meant by read is, retrieve the
>>>>>>>>> content of the file. Comma separated values as a String in my case.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Chathura
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 12:08 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The answer is probably no, although I am not sure what you mean
>>>>>>>>>> by "read"?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Knut
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 10:53 AM, chathura widanage <
>>>>>>>>>> chathurawidanage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi devs,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Is there a way to read the content of a fileResource without
>>>>>>>>>>> linking the resource to a dataValue.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> example scenario :
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Upload a CSV which contains some arbitrary data and read it
>>>>>>>>>>> immediately. I won't need these data after the first read.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>> Chathura
>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Knut Staring
>>>>>>>>>> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
>>>>>>>>>> Norway: +4791880522
>>>>>>>>>> Skype: knutstar
>>>>>>>>>> http://dhis2.org
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Chathura Widanage,*
>>>>>>>>> Undergraduate,
>>>>>>>>> Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
>>>>>>>>> University of Moratuwa,
>>>>>>>>> Sri Lanka
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> Knut Staring
>>>>>>>> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
>>>>>>>> Norway: +4791880522
>>>>>>>> Skype: knutstar
>>>>>>>> http://dhis2.org
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Chathura Widanage,*
>>>>>>> Undergraduate,
>>>>>>> Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
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>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> *Chathura Widanage,*
>>>>> Undergraduate,
>>>>> Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
>>>>> University of Moratuwa,
>>>>> Sri Lanka
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> *Chathura Widanage,*
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>>> Sri Lanka
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> Software developer, DHIS 2
> University of Oslo
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>
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*Chathura Widanage,*
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