DHIS2

Since Camel 4.0

Both producer and consumer are supported

The Camel DHIS2 component leverages the DHIS2 Java SDK to integrate Apache Camel with DHIS2. DHIS2 is a free, open-source, fully customizable platform for collecting, analyzing, visualizing, and sharing aggregate and individual-data for district-level, national, regional, and international system and program management in health, education, and other domains.

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml.

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-dhis2</artifactId>
    <version>x.x.x</version>
    <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

URI Format

dhis2://operation/method[?options]

Configuring Options

Camel components are configured on two separate levels:

  • component level

  • endpoint level

Configuring Component Options

At the component level, you set general and shared configurations that are, then, inherited by the endpoints. It is the highest configuration level.

For example, a component may have security settings, credentials for authentication, urls for network connection and so forth.

Some components only have a few options, and others may have many. Because components typically have pre-configured defaults that are commonly used, then you may often only need to configure a few options on a component; or none at all.

You can configure components using:

  • the Component DSL.

  • in a configuration file (application.properties, *.yaml files, etc).

  • directly in the Java code.

Configuring Endpoint Options

You usually spend more time setting up endpoints because they have many options. These options help you customize what you want the endpoint to do. The options are also categorized into whether the endpoint is used as a consumer (from), as a producer (to), or both.

Configuring endpoints is most often done directly in the endpoint URI as path and query parameters. You can also use the Endpoint DSL and DataFormat DSL as a type safe way of configuring endpoints and data formats in Java.

A good practice when configuring options is to use Property Placeholders.

Property placeholders provide a few benefits:

  • They help prevent using hardcoded urls, port numbers, sensitive information, and other settings.

  • They allow externalizing the configuration from the code.

  • They help the code to become more flexible and reusable.

The following two sections list all the options, firstly for the component followed by the endpoint.

Component Options

The DHIS2 component supports 9 options, which are listed below.

Name Description Default Type

baseApiUrl (common)

DHIS2 server base API URL (e.g., https://play.dhis2.org/2.39.1.1/api).

String

bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions (if possible) occurred while the Camel consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. Important: This is only possible if the 3rd party component allows Camel to be alerted if an exception was thrown. Some components handle this internally only, and therefore bridgeErrorHandler is not possible. In other situations we may improve the Camel component to hook into the 3rd party component and make this possible for future releases. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

boolean

lazyStartProducer (producer)

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

boolean

autowiredEnabled (advanced)

Whether autowiring is enabled. This is used for automatic autowiring options (the option must be marked as autowired) by looking up in the registry to find if there is a single instance of matching type, which then gets configured on the component. This can be used for automatic configuring JDBC data sources, JMS connection factories, AWS Clients, etc.

true

boolean

client (advanced)

References a user-defined org.hisp.dhis.integration.sdk.api.Dhis2Client. This option is mutually exclusive to the baseApiUrl, username, password, and personalAccessToken options.

Dhis2Client

configuration (advanced)

To use the shared configuration.

Dhis2Configuration

password (security)

Password of the DHIS2 username.

String

personalAccessToken (security)

Personal access token to authenticate with DHIS2. This option is mutually exclusive to username and password.

String

username (security)

Username of the DHIS2 user to operate as.

String

Endpoint Options

The DHIS2 endpoint is configured using URI syntax:

dhis2:apiName/methodName

With the following path and query parameters:

Path Parameters (2 parameters)

Name Description Default Type

apiName (common)

Required API operation (e.g., get).

Enum values:

  • POST

  • RESOURCE_TABLES

  • GET

  • DELETE

  • PUT

Dhis2ApiName

methodName (common)

Required Subject of the API operation (e.g., resource).

String

Query Parameters (26 parameters)

Name Description Default Type

baseApiUrl (common)

DHIS2 server base API URL (e.g., https://play.dhis2.org/2.39.1.1/api).

String

inBody (common)

Sets the name of a parameter to be passed in the exchange In Body.

String

sendEmptyMessageWhenIdle (consumer)

If the polling consumer did not poll any files, you can enable this option to send an empty message (no body) instead.

false

boolean

bridgeErrorHandler (consumer (advanced))

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions (if possible) occurred while the Camel consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. Important: This is only possible if the 3rd party component allows Camel to be alerted if an exception was thrown. Some components handle this internally only, and therefore bridgeErrorHandler is not possible. In other situations we may improve the Camel component to hook into the 3rd party component and make this possible for future releases. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

boolean

exceptionHandler (consumer (advanced))

To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this option is not in use. By default the consumer will deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

ExceptionHandler

exchangePattern (consumer (advanced))

Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange.

Enum values:

  • InOnly

  • InOut

ExchangePattern

pollStrategy (consumer (advanced))

A pluggable org.apache.camel.PollingConsumerPollingStrategy allowing you to provide your custom implementation to control error handling usually occurred during the poll operation before an Exchange have been created and being routed in Camel.

PollingConsumerPollStrategy

lazyStartProducer (producer (advanced))

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

boolean

client (advanced)

References a user-defined org.hisp.dhis.integration.sdk.api.Dhis2Client. This option is mutually exclusive to the baseApiUrl, username, password, and personalAccessToken options.

Dhis2Client

backoffErrorThreshold (scheduler)

The number of subsequent error polls (failed due some error) that should happen before the backoffMultipler should kick-in.

int

backoffIdleThreshold (scheduler)

The number of subsequent idle polls that should happen before the backoffMultipler should kick-in.

int

backoffMultiplier (scheduler)

To let the scheduled polling consumer backoff if there has been a number of subsequent idles/errors in a row. The multiplier is then the number of polls that will be skipped before the next actual attempt is happening again. When this option is in use then backoffIdleThreshold and/or backoffErrorThreshold must also be configured.

int

delay (scheduler)

Milliseconds before the next poll.

500

long

greedy (scheduler)

If greedy is enabled, then the ScheduledPollConsumer will run immediately again, if the previous run polled 1 or more messages.

false

boolean

initialDelay (scheduler)

Milliseconds before the first poll starts.

1000

long

repeatCount (scheduler)

Specifies a maximum limit of number of fires. So if you set it to 1, the scheduler will only fire once. If you set it to 5, it will only fire five times. A value of zero or negative means fire forever.

0

long

runLoggingLevel (scheduler)

The consumer logs a start/complete log line when it polls. This option allows you to configure the logging level for that.

Enum values:

  • TRACE

  • DEBUG

  • INFO

  • WARN

  • ERROR

  • OFF

TRACE

LoggingLevel

scheduledExecutorService (scheduler)

Allows for configuring a custom/shared thread pool to use for the consumer. By default each consumer has its own single threaded thread pool.

ScheduledExecutorService

scheduler (scheduler)

To use a cron scheduler from either camel-spring or camel-quartz component. Use value spring or quartz for built in scheduler.

none

Object

schedulerProperties (scheduler)

To configure additional properties when using a custom scheduler or any of the Quartz, Spring based scheduler.

Map

startScheduler (scheduler)

Whether the scheduler should be auto started.

true

boolean

timeUnit (scheduler)

Time unit for initialDelay and delay options.

Enum values:

  • NANOSECONDS

  • MICROSECONDS

  • MILLISECONDS

  • SECONDS

  • MINUTES

  • HOURS

  • DAYS

MILLISECONDS

TimeUnit

useFixedDelay (scheduler)

Controls if fixed delay or fixed rate is used. See ScheduledExecutorService in JDK for details.

true

boolean

password (security)

Password of the DHIS2 username.

String

personalAccessToken (security)

Personal access token to authenticate with DHIS2. This option is mutually exclusive to username and password.

String

username (security)

Username of the DHIS2 user to operate as.

String

API Parameters (5 APIs)

The DHIS2 endpoint is an API-based component and has additional parameters based on which API name and API method is used. The API name and API method is located in the endpoint URI as the apiName/methodName path parameters:

dhis2:apiName/methodName

There are 5 API names as listed in the table below:

API Name Type Description

delete

Both

get

Both

post

Both

put

Both

resourceTables

Both

Each API is documented in the following sections to come.

API: delete

Both producer and consumer are supported

The delete API is defined in the syntax as follows:

dhis2:delete/methodName?[parameters]

The 1 method(s) is(are) listed in the table below, followed by detailed syntax for each method. (API methods can have a shorthand alias name which can be used in the syntax instead of the name)

Method Alias Description

resource

Method resource

Signatures:

  • java.io.InputStream resource(String path, Object resource, java.util.Map<String, Object> queryParams);

The dhis2/resource API method has the parameters listed in the table below:

Parameter Description Type

path

String

queryParams

Map

resource

Object

In addition to the parameters above, the dhis2 API can also use any of the Query Parameters (26 parameters).

Any of the parameters can be provided in either the endpoint URI, or dynamically in a message header. The message header name must be of the format CamelDhis2.parameter. The inBody parameter overrides message header, i.e., the endpoint parameter inBody=myParameterNameHere would override a CamelDhis2.myParameterNameHere header.

API: get

Both producer and consumer are supported

The get API is defined in the syntax as follows:

dhis2:get/methodName?[parameters]

The 2 method(s) is(are) listed in the table below, followed by detailed syntax for each method. (API methods can have a shorthand alias name which can be used in the syntax instead of the name)

Method Alias Description

collection

resource

Method collection

Signatures:

  • java.util.Iterator<org.apache.camel.component.dhis2.api.Dhis2Resource> collection(String path, String arrayName, Boolean paging, String fields, java.util.List<String> filter, org.apache.camel.component.dhis2.api.RootJunctionEnum rootJunction, java.util.Map<String, Object> queryParams);

The dhis2/collection API method has the parameters listed in the table below:

Parameter Description Type

arrayName

String

fields

String

filter

List

paging

Boolean

path

String

queryParams

Map

rootJunction

RootJunctionEnum

Method resource

Signatures:

  • java.io.InputStream resource(String path, String fields, java.util.List<String> filter, org.apache.camel.component.dhis2.api.RootJunctionEnum rootJunction, java.util.Map<String, Object> queryParams);

The dhis2/resource API method has the parameters listed in the table below:

Parameter Description Type

fields

String

filter

List

path

String

queryParams

Map

rootJunction

RootJunctionEnum

In addition to the parameters above, the dhis2 API can also use any of the Query Parameters (26 parameters).

Any of the parameters can be provided in either the endpoint URI, or dynamically in a message header. The message header name must be of the format CamelDhis2.parameter. The inBody parameter overrides message header, i.e., the endpoint parameter inBody=myParameterNameHere would override a CamelDhis2.myParameterNameHere header.

API: post

Both producer and consumer are supported

The post API is defined in the syntax as follows:

dhis2:post/methodName?[parameters]

The 1 method(s) is(are) listed in the table below, followed by detailed syntax for each method. (API methods can have a shorthand alias name which can be used in the syntax instead of the name)

Method Alias Description

resource

Method resource

Signatures:

  • java.io.InputStream resource(String path, Object resource, java.util.Map<String, Object> queryParams);

The dhis2/resource API method has the parameters listed in the table below:

Parameter Description Type

path

String

queryParams

Map

resource

Object

In addition to the parameters above, the dhis2 API can also use any of the Query Parameters (26 parameters).

Any of the parameters can be provided in either the endpoint URI, or dynamically in a message header. The message header name must be of the format CamelDhis2.parameter. The inBody parameter overrides message header, i.e., the endpoint parameter inBody=myParameterNameHere would override a CamelDhis2.myParameterNameHere header.

API: put

Both producer and consumer are supported

The put API is defined in the syntax as follows:

dhis2:put/methodName?[parameters]

The 1 method(s) is(are) listed in the table below, followed by detailed syntax for each method. (API methods can have a shorthand alias name which can be used in the syntax instead of the name)

Method Alias Description

resource

Method resource

Signatures:

  • java.io.InputStream resource(String path, Object resource, java.util.Map<String, Object> queryParams);

The dhis2/resource API method has the parameters listed in the table below:

Parameter Description Type

path

String

queryParams

Map

resource

Object

In addition to the parameters above, the dhis2 API can also use any of the Query Parameters (26 parameters).

Any of the parameters can be provided in either the endpoint URI, or dynamically in a message header. The message header name must be of the format CamelDhis2.parameter. The inBody parameter overrides message header, i.e., the endpoint parameter inBody=myParameterNameHere would override a CamelDhis2.myParameterNameHere header.

API: resourceTables

Both producer and consumer are supported

The resourceTables API is defined in the syntax as follows:

dhis2:resourceTables/methodName?[parameters]

The 1 method(s) is(are) listed in the table below, followed by detailed syntax for each method. (API methods can have a shorthand alias name which can be used in the syntax instead of the name)

Method Alias Description

analytics

Method analytics

Signatures:

  • void analytics(Boolean skipAggregate, Boolean skipEvents, Integer lastYears, Integer interval, Boolean async);

The dhis2/analytics API method has the parameters listed in the table below:

Parameter Description Type

async

Boolean

interval

Integer

lastYears

Integer

skipAggregate

Boolean

skipEvents

Boolean

In addition to the parameters above, the dhis2 API can also use any of the Query Parameters (26 parameters).

Any of the parameters can be provided in either the endpoint URI, or dynamically in a message header. The message header name must be of the format CamelDhis2.parameter. The inBody parameter overrides message header, i.e., the endpoint parameter inBody=myParameterNameHere would override a CamelDhis2.myParameterNameHere header.

Examples

  • Fetch an organisation unit by ID:

    package org.camel.dhis2.example;

import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;

public class MyRouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {

    public void configure() {
        from("direct:getResource")
            .to("dhis2://get/resource?path=organisationUnits/O6uvpzGd5pu&username=admin&password=district&baseApiUrl=https://play.dhis2.org/40.2.2/api")
            .unmarshal()
            .json(org.hisp.dhis.api.model.v40_2_2.OrganisationUnit.class);
    }
}

  • Fetch an organisation unit code by ID:

    package org.camel.dhis2.example;

import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;

public class MyRouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {

    public void configure() {
        from("direct:getResource")
            .to("dhis2://get/resource?path=organisationUnits/O6uvpzGd5pu&fields=code&username=admin&password=district&baseApiUrl=https://play.dhis2.org/40.2.2/api")
            .unmarshal()
            .json(org.hisp.dhis.api.model.v40_2_2.OrganisationUnit.class);
    }
}

  • Fetch all organisation units:

    package org.camel.dhis2.example;

import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;

public class MyRouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {

    public void configure() {
        from("direct:getCollection")
            .to("dhis2://get/collection?path=organisationUnits&arrayName=organisationUnits&username=admin&password=district&baseApiUrl=https://play.dhis2.org/40.2.2/api")
            .split().body()
            .convertBodyTo(org.hisp.dhis.api.model.v40_2_2.OrganisationUnit.class).log("${body}");
    }
}

  • Fetch all organisation unit codes:

    package org.camel.dhis2.example;

import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;

public class MyRouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {

    public void configure() {
        from("direct:getCollection")
            .to("dhis2://get/collection?path=organisationUnits&fields=code&arrayName=organisationUnits&username=admin&password=district&baseApiUrl=https://play.dhis2.org/40.2.2/api")
            .split().body()
            .convertBodyTo(org.hisp.dhis.api.model.v40_2_2.OrganisationUnit.class)
            .log("${body}");
    }
}

  • Fetch users with a phone number:

    package org.camel.dhis2.example;

import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;

public class MyRouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {

    public void configure() {
        from("direct:getCollection")
            .to("dhis2://get/collection?path=users&filter=phoneNumber:!null:&arrayName=users&username=admin&password=district&baseApiUrl=https://play.dhis2.org/40.2.2/api")
            .split().body()
            .convertBodyTo(org.hisp.dhis.api.model.v40_2_2.User.class)
            .log("${body}");
    }
}

  • Save a data value set

    package org.camel.dhis2.example;

import org.apache.camel.LoggingLevel;
import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;
import org.hisp.dhis.api.model.v40_2_2.DataValueSet;
import org.hisp.dhis.api.model.v40_2_2.DataValue;
import org.hisp.dhis.api.model.v40_2_2.WebMessage;
import org.hisp.dhis.integration.sdk.support.period.PeriodBuilder;

import java.time.ZoneOffset;
import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

public class MyRouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {

    public void configure() {
        from("direct:postResource")
            .setBody(exchange -> new DataValueSet().withCompleteDate(
                    ZonedDateTime.now(ZoneOffset.UTC).format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_INSTANT))
                                                                   .withOrgUnit("O6uvpzGd5pu")
                                                                   .withDataSet("lyLU2wR22tC").withPeriod(PeriodBuilder.monthOf(new Date(), -1))
                                                                   .withDataValues(
                                                                       List.of(new DataValue().withDataElement("aIJZ2d2QgVV").withValue("20"))))
            .to("dhis2://post/resource?path=dataValueSets&username=admin&password=district&baseApiUrl=https://play.dhis2.org/40.2.2/api")
            .unmarshal().json(WebMessage.class)
            .choice()
            .when(exchange -> !exchange.getMessage().getBody(WebMessage.class).getStatus().equals(WebMessage.StatusRef.OK))
                .log(LoggingLevel.ERROR, "Import error from DHIS2 while saving data value set => ${body}")
            .end();
    }
}

  • Update an organisation unit

    package org.camel.dhis2.example;

import org.apache.camel.LoggingLevel;
import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;
import org.hisp.dhis.api.model.v40_2_2.OrganisationUnit;
import org.hisp.dhis.api.model.v40_2_2.WebMessage;
import org.hisp.dhis.integration.sdk.support.period.PeriodBuilder;

import java.time.ZoneOffset;
import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

public class MyRouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {

    public void configure() {
        from("direct:putResource")
            .setBody(exchange -> new OrganisationUnit().withName("Acme").withShortName("Acme").withOpeningDate(new Date()))
            .to("dhis2://put/resource?path=organisationUnits/jUb8gELQApl&username=admin&password=district&baseApiUrl=https://play.dhis2.org/40.2.2/api")
            .unmarshal().json(WebMessage.class)
            .choice()
            .when(exchange -> !exchange.getMessage().getBody(WebMessage.class).getStatus().equals(WebMessage.StatusRef.OK))
                .log(LoggingLevel.ERROR, "Import error from DHIS2 while updating org unit => ${body}")
            .end();
    }
}

  • Delete an organisation unit

    package org.camel.dhis2.example;

import org.apache.camel.LoggingLevel;
import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;
import org.hisp.dhis.api.model.v40_2_2.WebMessage;
import org.hisp.dhis.integration.sdk.support.period.PeriodBuilder;

import java.time.ZoneOffset;
import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

public class MyRouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {

    public void configure() {
        from("direct:deleteResource")
            .to("dhis2://delete/resource?path=organisationUnits/jUb8gELQApl&username=admin&password=district&baseApiUrl=https://play.dhis2.org/40.2.2/api")
            .unmarshal().json(WebMessage.class)
            .choice()
            .when(exchange -> !exchange.getMessage().getBody(WebMessage.class).getStatus().equals(WebMessage.StatusRef.OK))
                .log(LoggingLevel.ERROR, "Import error from DHIS2 while deleting org unit => ${body}")
            .end();
    }
}

  • Run analytics

    package org.camel.dhis2.example;

import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;

public class MyRouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {

    public void configure() {
        from("direct:resourceTablesAnalytics")
            .to("dhis2://resourceTables/analytics?skipAggregate=false&skipEvents=true&lastYears=1&username=admin&password=district&baseApiUrl=https://play.dhis2.org/40.2.2/api");
    }
}

  • Reference DHIS2 client

    package org.camel.dhis2.example;

import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;
import org.hisp.dhis.integration.sdk.Dhis2ClientBuilder;
import org.hisp.dhis.integration.sdk.api.Dhis2Client;

public class MyRouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {

    public void configure() {
        Dhis2Client dhis2Client = Dhis2ClientBuilder.newClient("https://play.dhis2.org/40.2.2/api", "admin", "district").build();
        getCamelContext().getRegistry().bind("dhis2Client", dhis2Client);

        from("direct:resourceTablesAnalytics")
            .to("dhis2://resourceTables/analytics?skipAggregate=true&skipEvents=true&lastYears=1&client=#dhis2Client");
    }
}

  • Set custom query parameters

    package org.camel.dhis2.example;

import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

public class MyRouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {

    public void configure() {
        from("direct:postResource")
            .setHeader("CamelDhis2.queryParams", constant(Map.of("cacheClear", List.of("true"))))
            .to("dhis2://post/resource?path=maintenance&client=#dhis2Client");
    }
}
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