Fetch

This is a solution to the Fetch/Records API problem set.

Development Environment

• Operating System: Windows Linux Subsystem 2, running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Python 3.8.2 with Pip 20.1.1
• All Python dependencies listed in requirements.txt

How to run this solution

• Ensure you have the correct version of Python and Pip installed.
• Create a virtualenv via virtualenv fetchenv, activate it via source fetchenv/bin/activate, and then run pip install -r requirements.txt to install all dependencies.
• Update any configuration items for the Records API in records_api/config.py
• Start the Records API server by running python records_api/records_api.py
• Import the provided retrieve_records function into your Python script by adding the statement from managed_records import retrieve_records (you will need to ensure that this directory is in your $PATH)
• You can now use the provided function by adding await retrieve_records(options) to your Python script. See example_script.py for an example of this.

Unit Tests

• Unit tests have been provided in the unit_test.py class. To run them:
  • Start the Records API server by running python records_api/records_api.py
  • Then, run python unit_test.py to run the tests.