This repository contains the source code of the privacy observatory platform.

It consits of the following components:

• PostgreSQL
• RESTful API
• Worker

To setup the privacy observatory, the git repository shall be cloned and the combined docker-compose.yaml should be build and started:

docker compose up -d --build

Afterwards, as long as no user is existent in the database, all requests can be made unauthenticated. To define the first user account, use the following account:

docker exec -it prvobs-orchestrator-db-1 psql -U postgres -d postgres -c "INSERT INTO Users (name, email, timestamp, password_hash) VALUES('test','[email protected]', '2023-11-01 09:00', 'hashed_password');"

The hashed passwort can be generated using the following commands inside the /webapp folder (needed to get the application context for the password generation):

$ python3
from passlib.apps import custom_app_context as pwd_context
print(pwd_context.encrypt('password_of_the_user').replace("$", "\$"))

Afterwards, the host of the RestAPI server needs to be defined in the /webapp/js/app/api.js file:

api_prototype.api_host = 'https://example.com/api';

This document presents the specifications for the API interface of the privacy observatory platform.

The following routes will be available.

Individual studies are performed on a regular basis and are performed with a specific domainset.

• GET /studies Retrieve a list of all avaiable studies

• PUT /studies, { 'name': , 'author': , 'composefile': , 'output_format': , 'domainset_id': , 'limit_domains': , 'cron_schedule': } Create a new study

• POST /studies/{study_id} Update a study

• DELETE /studies/{study_id}

Domains for collected measurements of the studies.

• GET /domains List all domains

• GET /domains/{domain_id} Get all measurement series for a particular domain.

• PUT /domains, { 'domain': }

Domainsets deliver the list of domains dynaimcally generated by a custom python3 code to reach run of a study.

• GET /domainsets Retrieve all available domainsets

• PUT /domainsets, { 'name': , 'generator', } Create a new domainset

• POST /domainsets/{domainset_id}, { 'name': , 'generator', } Update a domainset

• DELETE /domainsets/{domainset_id} Delete a domainset object

Measurements gathered from studies

• GET /measurements/{study_id} Retrieve all measurments from a particular study.

• PUT /measurements/{study_id}, { 'date': , 'key': , 'value': , 'domain_id': / } Store a new measurement for a study, in case no domain_id is supplied, it is a global aggregated statistic.

• DELETE /measurements/{study_id}/{measurement_id} Delete a specific measurement of a specific study.