Atlas & WebAPI v2.0 are now available on the OHDSI website (http://www.ohdsi.org/web/atlas). This major release brings about some new features and techincal changes that I will highlight here. For more information, please refer to the Atlas and WebAPI 2.0 release notes.
Highlights:
- Atlas now includes a fully dynamic “data sources” feature that exposes database characterization information obtained from Achilles via WebAPI. This leverages WebAPI REST endpoints via the “CDMResults” service. Many thanks to @t_abdul_basser and @mark_velez for this contribution.
- WebAPI & Atlas now contain an initial security implementation that leverages Apache Shiro. For more information on this implementation, please see the OHDSI wiki article.
- Various bug fixes and enhancements detailed in the release notes.
Technical considerations:
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WebAPI v2.0 requires Java 8 - this upgrade was necessary in order to implement the Shiro security layer.
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WebAPI’s REST endpoint routes have changes thus breaking backwards compatibility with 1.x routes.
We’ve updated the Atlas & WebAPI setup guides on the wiki to reflect the new 2.0 settings. Please post any issues or feature enhancements to the Github repository here: https://github.com/OHDSI/Atlas/issues or use the forums as a way to surface any ideas or issues.
Many thanks to everyone in the community for contributing code, issues and ideas for the platform. Please do keep them coming!