# README Objective of this module is to provide re-usable functionality and utilities for interacting with the IBM Information Governance Catalog through its REST API, using NodeJS. # Utilities ## findAssets.js Run a query for IGC assets and (optionally) take action against the results. Usage: ```shell node ./findAssets.js -f [-a ] [-p ] ``` Searches IGC based on the query conditions defined in the provided file; and if there is also an action section it will apply that action to each of the query results. The provided file is expected to contain at least a "query" key, under which a set of IGC query conditions is specified; and optionally an action key [`update` or `delete`]. By default (if not specified using the optional `-a` parameter), the utility will look for environment details in `~/.infosvrauth` and will prompt the user for a password. The authorisation file can be generated using the module. Refer to the `createInfoSvrAuthFile.js` utility there for more details.s ##### Examples: Using this input file `queryAndUpdate.json`: ```json { "query": { "properties": ["name"], "types": ["database_table"], "where": { "operator": "and", "conditions": [ { "property": "name", "operator": "=", "value": "MY_DB_TABLE" } ] } }, "update": { "value": { "assigned_to_terms": ["6662c0f2.e1b1ec6c.svu583pvk.3sr7b7n.mq748u.ru37pccq07437ncqvhvjs"] } } } ``` the following command will find all database tables whose name is `MY_DB_TABLE`, and update the tables so that they are assigned to the term with RID `6662c0f2.e1b1ec6c.svu583pvk.3sr7b7n.mq748u.ru37pccq07437ncqvhvjs`. ```shell node ./findAssets.js -f queryAndUpdate.json ``` ## generateIGCRESTDocumentation.js Create documentation on the various types (and their properties) available within the Information Governance Catalog REST API. Usage: ```shell node ./generateIGCRESTDocumentation.js -f [-t ] [-a ] [-p ] ``` Creates a markdown file in the location provided by the file parameter, by default using GitHub-style markdown (unless overridden through the type parameter). By default (if not specified using the optional `-a` parameter), the utility will look for environment details in `~/.infosvrauth` and will prompt the user for a password. The authorisation file can be generated using the module. Refer to the `createInfoSvrAuthFile.js` utility there for more details.s ##### Examples: ```shell node ./generateIGCRESTDocumentation.js -f IGC_REST.md ``` Creates markdown documentation in IGC_REST.md covering all of the data types and their properties that are available for use in the IGC REST API. # API ## ibm-igc-rest Re-usable functions for interacting with IBM Information Governance Catalog's REST API **Examples** ```javascript // retrieves all of the "types" from IGC's REST API var igcrest = require('ibm-igc-rest'); var commons = require('ibm-iis-commons'); var restConnect = new commons.RestConnection("isadmin", "isadmin", "hostname", "9445"); igcrest.setConnection(restConnect); igcrest.getTypes(function(err, resTypes) { // do something with the types within resTypes object }); ``` **Meta** - **license**: Apache-2.0 ## setConnection Set the connection for the REST API **Parameters** - `restConnect` **RestConnection** RestConnection object, from ibm-iis-commons ## openSession - **See: module:ibm-igc-rest.setConnection** - **See: module:ibm-igc-rest.closeSession** Setup a re-usable session against the IGC REST API -- a connection must first be setup Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains the opened sessionId ## closeSession - **See: module:ibm-igc-rest.setConnection** - **See: module:ibm-igc-rest.openSession** Logout of (close) a re-usable session against the IGC REST API Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved will have logged out / closed the session ## replaceQueryVars Replace any variables (text that starts with '$') that show up in a query **Parameters** - `json` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the query (as a JSON object) - `variables` **Dict** a dictionary indexed by variable name Returns **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** ## replaceRelatedUpdateVars Replace '$relatedObjectRID' in the query with the provided RID **Parameters** - `json` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the query (as a JSON object) - `rid` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** the RID to inject into the query Returns **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** ## verifySingleItem Verify that one and only one item was returned by a query **Parameters** - `json` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the data returned from a query (as a JSON object) - Throws **any** will throw an error if either no item or multiple items are found Returns **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the single item returned ## getSingleItem Retrieve the first item returned by a query **Parameters** - `json` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the data returned from a query (as a JSON object) - Throws **any** will throw an error if no items are found Returns **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** ## logUpdateResults Log to the console the results of an update **Parameters** - `results` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the data returned from an update (as a JSON object) ## compareObjectsForSorting Compare two objects for sorting purposes **Parameters** - `a` - `b` Returns **integer** \-1 (a<b), 0 (a=b), 1 (a>b) ## getAssetContainerId Retrieve the RID of the container of an asset (for example, the database table of a database column) **Parameters** - `assetObj` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the asset object, as returned from REST API Returns **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** the RID of assetObj's container ## getContainerIdentity Get an identity object for the provided asset's container **Parameters** - `assetCtx` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the context object for the asset - `containerId` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the RID of the asset's container - `callback` **[identityCallback](#identitycallback)** callback that handles the response, since further requests may be needed ## getAssetIdentity Get an identity object for the provided asset **Parameters** - `assetObj` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the asset for which to get an identity object - `containerIdentities` **Dict** a dict cache of container identities Returns **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the identity of this object ## getItemIdentityString Constructs an asset identity string provide a REST API item (which must include '\_context') **Parameters** - `restItem` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** a single entry from the 'items' array of a REST API response, including '\_context' member - `delimiter` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)?** a delimiter to use for separating the components of the identity (default: '::') Returns **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** ## makeRequest - **See: module:ibm-igc-rest.setServer** - **See: module:ibm-igc-rest.setAuth** Make a request against IGC's REST API **Parameters** - `method` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** type of request, one of ['GET', 'PUT', 'POST', 'DELETE'] - `path` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** the path to the end-point (e.g. /ibm/iis/igc-rest/v1/...) - `input` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)?** any input for the request, i.e. for PUT, POST - `contentType` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)?** the type of content, e.g. 'application/json' or 'application/xml' - `drillDown` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)?** the key into which to drill-down within the response - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)** callback that handles the response - Throws **any** will throw an error if connectivity details are incomplete or there is a fatal error during the request ## create Create an asset **Parameters** - `type` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** the type of asset to create - `value` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the set of values with which to create the asset - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (if not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains the RID of the created asset ## update Update a RID with a specific set of data **Parameters** - `rid` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** the RID of the asset to update - `value` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the set of data with which to update the asset - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback to handles the response (if not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains the results of the update ## search Search IGC **Parameters** - `query` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the search to run against IGC (as a JSON object) - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (if not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains the results of the search ## getTypes Get a list of all of the IGC asset types **Parameters** - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (if not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains the IGC types ## getAssetTypeNamesToIds Get a mapping of all asset types from display name to unique type id **Parameters** - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (when not using Promises), with an object keyed by display name and each value the unique type id for that display name Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains an object keyed by display name and each value the unique type id for that display name ## getOther Make a general GET request against IGC's REST API **Parameters** - `path` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** the path to the end-point (e.g. /ibm/iis/igc-rest/v1/...) - `successCode` **integer** the HTTP response code that indicates success for this operation - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (when not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains the response body from the request ## deleteAssetById Delete a specific asset from IGC **Parameters** - `rid` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** the RID of the asset to delete - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (when not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains the result of the deletion ## detectLineageForJob Request IGC to detect lineage for a specific job (requires v11.5.0.1 GOVRUP3 or higher) - Actual status comes from the "message" within the callback results: starts with SUCCESS, WARNING or FAILURE **Parameters** - `rid` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** the RID of the job for which to detect lineage - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (when not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains results of the lineage detection ## uploadLineageFlow Create new lineage flow as defined by a flow XML document **Parameters** - `xml` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** the flow document XML containing the lineage to upload - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (when not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains the results of the lineage flow upload ## getBundles Get list of bundles (asset type definitions) already deployed **Parameters** - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (when not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains a String\[] of bundle names ## createBundle Create a new Open IGC bundle (asset type definition) **Parameters** - `zipFile` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** the location of the zip file from which to create the bundle - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (when not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains the results of the bundle upload ## updateBundle Update an existing Open IGC bundle (asset type definition) **Parameters** - `zipFile` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** the location of the zip file from which to create the bundle - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (when not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains the results of the bundle upload ## createBundleAssets Create instances of assets defined by an Open IGC bundle **Parameters** - `xml` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** the flow document XML containing the asset instance definitions - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (when not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains the results of the asset instantiations ## createCustomAttribute Create a new Custom Attribute (available in v11.7 onwards only) **Parameters** - `json` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the JSON object which describes the custom attribute - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (when not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains the results of the custom attribute creation ## updateCustomAttribute Update a new Custom Attribute (available in v11.7 onwards only) **Parameters** - `rid` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** the RID of the custom attribute to update - `json` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the JSON object which describes the custom attribute - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (when not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains the results of the custom attribute update ## getCustomAttributes Get list of custom attributes already deployed **Parameters** - `maxItems` **integer** maximum number of custom attributes to retrieve - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (when not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains an array of objects with custom attribute definitions: "id", "name", "attributeType", and "appliesTo"\[] ## getAssetsInCollection Get a listing of all of the assets in a collection **Parameters** - `collectionName` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** - `maxItems` **integer** maximum number of items to retrieve - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (when not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains the list of assets in the collection ## getAssetById - **See: module:ibm-igc-rest.getAssetPropertiesById** Request all details of an asset NOTE: this function should be used with caution -- it will build a large object and can be measurably slower (> 5x) than explicitly defining the properties and searching using 'getAssetPropertiesById' instead **Parameters** - `rid` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** the RID of the asset - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (when not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains all of the asset's details ## getAssetPropertyById Retrieve only the single specified property of an asset **Parameters** - `rid` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** the RID of the asset - `property` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** the property of the asset to retrieve (e.g. 'name') - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (when not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains the specified property of the asset ## getAssetPropertiesById - **See: module:ibm-igc-rest.getTypes** Retrieve only the specified details of an asset **Parameters** - `rid` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** the RID of the asset - `type` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** the type of the asset - `properties` **[Array](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array)<[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)>** array of properties to retrieve for the asset - `maxItems` **integer** maximum number of detailed properties - `bIncludeContext` **[boolean](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Boolean)** whether to include contextual information (true) or drill-down just to the resulting properties (false) - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (when not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains the specified properties of the asset ## getNextPage - **See: module:ibm-igc-rest.search** Retrieve the next page of information **Parameters** - `paging` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the 'paging' sub-object of a results object - `callback` **[requestCallback](#requestcallback)?** optional callback that handles the response (when not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains the next page of results ## getAllPages - **See: module:ibm-igc-rest.search** - **See: module:ibm-igc-rest.getNextPage** Retrieve all remaining pages of information **Parameters** - `items` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the 'items' sub-object of a results object - `paging` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the 'paging' sub-object of a results object - `callback` **[itemSetCallback](#itemsetcallback)?** optional callback that provides the list of all items from all pages (when not using Promises) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** when resolved contains the list of all items from all pages of results ## isDataContainer **Parameters** - `type` Returns **any** true iff the provided type is a data container ## getDataContainerChildTypes **Parameters** - `type` Returns **any** the data type name for the child object of the provided container type ## itemSetCallback This callback is invoked as the result of obtaining a set of items, providing an array of items. Type: [Function](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/function) **Parameters** - `errorMessage` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** any error message, or null if no errors - `itemArray` **[Array](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array)<[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)>** an array of JSON objects, each being an item ## requestCallback This callback is invoked as the result of an IGC REST API call, providing the response of that request. Type: [Function](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/function) **Parameters** - `errorMessage` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** any error message, or null if no errors - `responseObject` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the JSON object containing the response ## identityCallback This callback is invoked as the result of obtaining an object's identity, providing the response of that request. Type: [Function](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/function) **Parameters** - `errorMessage` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** any error message, or null if no errors - `identityObject` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the JSON object containing the identity