C# .NET helper functions supporting dataset site creation, to create something like this example (or any of the other examples listed here).
This package intends to simplify creation of OpenActive Dataset Sites using templates.
For comparison, see the PHP and Ruby implementations.
Please find full documentation that covers creation of the accompanying GitHub issues board at https://developer.openactive.io/publishing-data/dataset-sites.
Table Of Contents
Requirements
This project requires .NET Framework 4.5 or .NET Standard 2.0.
Dependencies
This library makes use of datasetsite.mustache, which is designed to conform to the Dataset API Discovery specification. Pull requests and suggestions for improvements to datasetsite.mustache are welcome via its GitHub repository.
OpenActive.NET is also used for strongly typed OpenActive models, and Stubble for rendering the dataset site mustache template.
Usage options
Simply call one of the Render methods detailed below to output self-contained HTML of the dataset site, which includes embedded styles.
Simple implementation
RenderSimpleDatasetSite(settings, supportedOpportunityTypes)
Returns a string corresponding to the compiled HTML, based on an embedded version of datasetsite.mustache
, the provided settings
, and supportedOpportunityTypes
.
supportedOpportunityTypes
must be a List<OpportunityType>
, which auto-generates the metadata associated which each feed using best-practice values.
settings
must contain the following object:
DatasetSiteGeneratorSettings
Property | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
OpenDataFeedBaseUrl |
Uri |
The base URL for the open data feeds (must not contain trailing / ) |
DatasetSiteUrl |
Uri |
The URL where this dataset site is displayed (the page's own URL) |
DatasetDiscussionUrl |
Uri |
The GitHub issues page for the dataset |
DatasetDocumentationUrl |
Uri |
Any documentation specific to the dataset. Defaults to https://developer.openactive.io/ if not provided, which should be used if no documentation is available. |
DatasetLanguages |
List<string> |
The languages available in the dataset, following the IETF BCP 47 standard. Defaults to 'en-GB'. |
OrganisationName |
string |
The publishing organisation's name |
OrganisationUrl |
Uri |
The publishing organisation's URL |
OrganisationLegalEntity |
string |
The legal name of the publishing organisation of this dataset |
OrganisationPlainTextDescription |
string |
A plain text description of this organisation |
OrganisationLogoUrl |
Uri |
An image URL of the publishing organisation's logo, ideally in PNG format |
OrganisationEmail |
string |
The contact email of the publishing organisation of this dataset |
PlatformName |
string |
The software platform's name. Only set this if different from the publishing organisation, otherwise leave as null to exclude platform metadata. |
PlatformUrl |
Uri |
The software platform's website |
PlatformSoftwareVersion |
string |
The software platform's software version |
BackgroundImageUrl |
Uri |
The background image to show on the Dataset Site page |
DateFirstPublished |
DateTimeOffset |
The date the dataset was first published |
Example
[Route("openactive")]
public class DatasetSiteController : Controller
{
// GET: /openactive/
public IActionResult Index()
{
// Customer-specific settings for dataset JSON (these should come from a database)
var settings = new DatasetSiteGeneratorSettings
{
OpenDataFeedBaseUrl = "https://customer.example.com/feed".ParseUrlOrNull(),
OpenBookingAPIBaseUrl = "https://customer.example.com/api/openbooking".ParseUrlOrNull(),
OpenBookingAPIAuthenticationAuthority = "https://auth.acmebooker.example.com/".ParseUrlOrNull(),
DatasetSiteUrl = "https://halo-odi.legendonlineservices.co.uk/openactive/".ParseUrlOrNull(),
DatasetDiscussionUrl = "https://github.com/gll-better/opendata".ParseUrlOrNull(),
DatasetDocumentationUrl = "https://docs.acmebooker.example.com/".ParseUrlOrNull(),
DatasetLanguages = new List<string> { "en-GB" },
OrganisationName = "Better",
OrganisationUrl = "https://www.better.org.uk/".ParseUrlOrNull(),
OrganisationLegalEntity = "GLL",
OrganisationPlainTextDescription = "Established in 1993, GLL is the largest UK-based charitable social enterprise delivering leisure, health and community services. Under the consumer facing brand Better, we operate 258 public Sports and Leisure facilities, 88 libraries, 10 children’s centres and 5 adventure playgrounds in partnership with 50 local councils, public agencies and sporting organisations. Better leisure facilities enjoy 46 million visitors a year and have more than 650,000 members.",
OrganisationLogoUrl = "http://data.better.org.uk/images/logo.png".ParseUrlOrNull(),
OrganisationEmail = "info@better.org.uk",
PlatformName = "AcmeBooker",
PlatformUrl = "https://acmebooker.example.com/".ParseUrlOrNull(),
PlatformVersion = "2.0",
BackgroundImageUrl = "https://data.better.org.uk/images/bg.jpg".ParseUrlOrNull(),
DateFirstPublished = new DateTimeOffset(new DateTime(2019, 01, 14))
};
var supportedFeeds = new List<OpportunityType> {
OpportunityType.SessionSeries,
OpportunityType.ScheduledSession,
OpportunityType.FacilityUse,
OpportunityType.FacilityUseSlot,
OpportunityType.CourseInstance
};
return Content(DatasetSiteGenerator.RenderSimpleDatasetSite(settings, supportedFeeds), "text/html");
}
}
Feed-level customisation
RenderSimpleDatasetSiteFromDataDownloads(settings, dataDownloads, dataFeedDescriptions)
Returns a string corresponding to the compiled HTML, based on an embedded version of datasetsite.mustache
, the provided settings
, dataDownloads
and dataFeedDescriptions
.
The dataDownloads
argument must be a List<OpenActive.NET.DataDownload>
, which each describe an available open data feed.
The dataFeedDescriptions
must be a List<string>
of strings that each describe the dataset, e.g:
var dataFeedDescriptions = new List<string> {
"Sessions",
"Facilities"
};
Example
[Route("openactive")]
public class DatasetSiteController : Controller
{
// GET: /openactive/
public IActionResult Index()
{
// Customer-specific settings for dataset JSON (these should come from a database)
var settings = new DatasetSiteGeneratorSettings
{
OpenDataFeedBaseUrl = "https://customer.example.com/feed".ParseUrlOrNull(),
OpenBookingAPIBaseUrl = "https://customer.example.com/api/openbooking".ParseUrlOrNull(),
OpenBookingAPIAuthenticationAuthority = "https://auth.acmebooker.example.com/".ParseUrlOrNull(),
DatasetSiteUrl = "https://halo-odi.legendonlineservices.co.uk/openactive/".ParseUrlOrNull(),
DatasetDiscussionUrl = "https://github.com/gll-better/opendata".ParseUrlOrNull(),
DatasetDocumentationUrl = "https://docs.acmebooker.example.com/".ParseUrlOrNull(),
DatasetLanguages = new List<string> { "en-GB" },
OrganisationName = "Better",
OrganisationUrl = "https://www.better.org.uk/".ParseUrlOrNull(),
OrganisationLegalEntity = "GLL",
OrganisationPlainTextDescription = "Established in 1993, GLL is the largest UK-based charitable social enterprise delivering leisure, health and community services. Under the consumer facing brand Better, we operate 258 public Sports and Leisure facilities, 88 libraries, 10 children’s centres and 5 adventure playgrounds in partnership with 50 local councils, public agencies and sporting organisations. Better leisure facilities enjoy 46 million visitors a year and have more than 650,000 members.",
OrganisationLogoUrl = "http://data.better.org.uk/images/logo.png".ParseUrlOrNull(),
OrganisationEmail = "info@better.org.uk",
PlatformName = "AcmeBooker",
PlatformUrl = "https://acmebooker.example.com/".ParseUrlOrNull(),
PlatformVersion = "2.0",
BackgroundImageUrl = "https://data.better.org.uk/images/bg.jpg".ParseUrlOrNull(),
DateFirstPublished = new DateTimeOffset(new DateTime(2019, 01, 14))
};
var dataDownloads = new List<DataDownload>
{
new DataDownload
{
Name = "SessionSeries",
AdditionalType = new Uri("https://openactive.io/SessionSeries"),
EncodingFormat = OpenActiveMediaTypes.RealtimePagedDataExchange.Version1,
ContentUrl = new Uri(settings.OpenDataFeedBaseUrl + "/session-series"),
Identifier = "SessionSeries"
},
new DataDownload
{
Name = "ScheduledSession",
AdditionalType = new Uri("https://openactive.io/ScheduledSession"),
EncodingFormat = OpenActiveMediaTypes.RealtimePagedDataExchange.Version1,
ContentUrl = new Uri(settings.OpenDataFeedBaseUrl + "/scheduled-sessions"),
Identifier = "ScheduledSession"
},
new DataDownload
{
Name = "FacilityUse",
AdditionalType = new Uri("https://openactive.io/FacilityUse"),
EncodingFormat = OpenActiveMediaTypes.RealtimePagedDataExchange.Version1,
ContentUrl = new Uri(settings.OpenDataFeedBaseUrl + "/facility-uses"),
Identifier = "FacilityUse"
},
new DataDownload
{
Name = "Slot for FacilityUse",
AdditionalType = new Uri("https://openactive.io/Slot"),
EncodingFormat = OpenActiveMediaTypes.RealtimePagedDataExchange.Version1,
ContentUrl = new Uri(settings.OpenDataFeedBaseUrl + "/slots"),
Identifier = "FacilityUseSlot"
}
};
var dataFeedDescriptions = new List<string> {
"Sessions",
"Facilities"
};
return Content(DatasetSiteGenerator.RenderSimpleDatasetSiteFromDataDownloads(settings, dataDownloads, dataFeedDescriptions), "text/html");
}
}
Model-level customisation
RenderDatasetSite(dataset)
Returns a string corresponding to the compiled HTML, based on an embedded version of datasetsite.mustache
, and the provided dataset
.
The dataset
argument must be an object of type OpenActive.NET.Dataset
, and must contain the properties required to render the dataset site.
Example
[Route("openactive")]
public class DatasetSiteController : Controller
{
// GET: /openactive/
public IActionResult Index()
{
// Customer-specific settings for dataset JSON (these should come from a database)
var settings = new DatasetSiteGeneratorSettings
{
OpenDataFeedBaseUrl = "https://customer.example.com/feed".ParseUrlOrNull(),
OpenBookingAPIBaseUrl = "https://customer.example.com/api/openbooking".ParseUrlOrNull(),
OpenBookingAPIAuthenticationAuthority = "https://auth.acmebooker.example.com/".ParseUrlOrNull(),
DatasetSiteUrl = "https://halo-odi.legendonlineservices.co.uk/openactive/".ParseUrlOrNull(),
DatasetDiscussionUrl = "https://github.com/gll-better/opendata".ParseUrlOrNull(),
DatasetDocumentationUrl = "https://docs.acmebooker.example.com/".ParseUrlOrNull(),
DatasetLanguages = new List<string> { "en-GB" },
OrganisationName = "Better",
OrganisationUrl = "https://www.better.org.uk/".ParseUrlOrNull(),
OrganisationLegalEntity = "GLL",
OrganisationPlainTextDescription = "Established in 1993, GLL is the largest UK-based charitable social enterprise delivering leisure, health and community services. Under the consumer facing brand Better, we operate 258 public Sports and Leisure facilities, 88 libraries, 10 children’s centres and 5 adventure playgrounds in partnership with 50 local councils, public agencies and sporting organisations. Better leisure facilities enjoy 46 million visitors a year and have more than 650,000 members.",
OrganisationLogoUrl = "http://data.better.org.uk/images/logo.png".ParseUrlOrNull(),
OrganisationEmail = "info@better.org.uk",
PlatformName = "AcmeBooker",
PlatformUrl = "https://acmebooker.example.com/".ParseUrlOrNull(),
PlatformVersion = "2.0",
BackgroundImageUrl = "https://data.better.org.uk/images/bg.jpg".ParseUrlOrNull(),
DateFirstPublished = new DateTimeOffset(new DateTime(2019, 01, 14))
};
var dataFeedHumanisedList = "Sessions and Facilities";
var dataset = new Dataset
{
Id = settings.DatasetSiteUrl,
Url = settings.DatasetSiteUrl,
Name = settings.OrganisationName + " " + dataFeedHumanisedList,
Description = $"Near real-time availability and rich descriptions relating to the {dataFeedHumanisedList.ToLowerInvariant()} available from {settings.OrganisationName}",
Keywords = new List<string> {
"Sessions",
"Facilities",
"Activities",
"Sports",
"Physical Activity",
"OpenActive"
},
License = new Uri("https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"),
DiscussionUrl = settings.DatasetDiscussionUrl,
Documentation = settings.DatasetDocumentationUrl,
InLanguage = settings.DatasetLanguages,
SchemaVersion = new Uri("https://www.openactive.io/modelling-opportunity-data/2.0/"),
Publisher = new OpenActive.NET.Organization
{
Name = settings.OrganisationName,
LegalName = settings.OrganisationLegalEntity,
Description = settings.OrganisationPlainTextDescription,
Email = settings.OrganisationEmail,
Url = settings.OrganisationUrl,
Logo = new OpenActive.NET.ImageObject
{
Url = settings.OrganisationLogoUrl
}
},
Distribution = new List<DataDownload>
{
new DataDownload
{
Name = "SessionSeries",
AdditionalType = new Uri("https://openactive.io/SessionSeries"),
EncodingFormat = OpenActiveMediaTypes.RealtimePagedDataExchange.Version1,
ContentUrl = new Uri(settings.OpenDataFeedBaseUrl + "/session-series"),
Identifier = "SessionSeries"
},
new DataDownload
{
Name = "ScheduledSession",
AdditionalType = new Uri("https://openactive.io/ScheduledSession"),
EncodingFormat = OpenActiveMediaTypes.RealtimePagedDataExchange.Version1,
ContentUrl = new Uri(settings.OpenDataFeedBaseUrl + "/scheduled-sessions"),
Identifier = "ScheduledSession"
},
new DataDownload
{
Name = "FacilityUse",
AdditionalType = new Uri("https://openactive.io/FacilityUse"),
EncodingFormat = OpenActiveMediaTypes.RealtimePagedDataExchange.Version1,
ContentUrl = new Uri(settings.OpenDataFeedBaseUrl + "/facility-uses"),
Identifier = "FacilityUse"
},
new DataDownload
{
Name = "Slot for FacilityUse",
AdditionalType = new Uri("https://openactive.io/Slot"),
EncodingFormat = OpenActiveMediaTypes.RealtimePagedDataExchange.Version1,
ContentUrl = new Uri(settings.OpenDataFeedBaseUrl + "/slots"),
Identifier = "FacilityUseSlot"
}
},
DatePublished = settings.DateFirstPublished,
DateModified = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow,
BackgroundImage = new ImageObject
{
Url = settings.BackgroundImageUrl
},
BookingService = settings.PlatformName == null ? null : new BookingService
{
Name = settings.PlatformName,
Url = settings.PlatformUrl,
SoftwareVersion = settings.PlatformVersion
}
};
return Content(DatasetSiteGenerator.RenderDatasetSite(dataset), "text/html");
}
}
Total customisation
RenderDatasetSiteWithTemplate(dataset, mustacheTemplate)
Returns a string corresponding to the compiled HTML, based on the supplied version of datasetsite.mustache
, and the provided dataset
.
The dataset
argument must be an object of type OpenActive.NET.Dataset
, and must contain the properties required to render the dataset site.
The mustacheTemplate
argument must be a string containing the contents of a potentially customised version of datasetsite.mustache
.
Please note that any customisations must maintain conformance with the Dataset API Discovery specification.