indico-client-java

Intro

This is the Java SDK used to access Indico Data's platform. As of 4.12.0, the Java library has been rewritten and released using Kotlin as the base language. You can find out more about our decision here. The minimum version of the JDK we support remains Java 8. See the release notes for additional information on minor API changes in v4.12 on.

Installation

Gradle :

You can use gradle or maven to reference the indico library. The latest version is on the releases page located at the right side of the main repository page.

in build.gradle :

    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }

    dependencies {
        implementation 'com.indico:indico-client-java:${indico-version}'
    }

Maven :

in pom.xml :

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.indico</groupId>
  <artifactId>indico-client-java</artifactId>
  <version>${indico-version}</version>
</dependency>

Authentication

The Indico Platform and Client Libraries use JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for user authentication. You can download a token from the account page in the indico app by clicking the large, blue “Download new API Token” button. Most browsers will download the API token as indico_api_token.txt and place it in your Downloads directory. You should move the token file from Downloads to either your home directory or another convenient location in your development environment.

Configuration

IndicoConfig Class

The IndicoConfig class gives you the maximum control over the Java Client Library's configuration. Here’s how you might instantiate an IndicoConfig object and set the host and path to your API Token:

IndicoConfig config = new IndicoConfig.Builder()
                .host("app.indico.io")
                .tokenPath("/home/user/indico-api-token.txt")
                .build();

You configure the IndicoConfig class via an embedded Builder that has methods to set the various config parameters such as host, tokenPath, connection timeout, etc.

API Client

The Indico Platform uses GraphQL to communicate with ALL clients including the company’s own web application and also the Indico Java Client. You’ll use an IndicoClient object to pass GraphQL queries to the Indico Platform. Here’s a simple way to create a client. The IndicoClient class is an interface, with a concrete implementation called IndicoKtorClient:

IndicoClient client = new IndicoKtorClient(config);

If you want to learn more about GraphQL, the How to GraphQL tutorial is a great place to start.

Indico GraphQL Schema

The Indico Platform ships with a built-in sandbox environment that both documents and allows you to interactively explore the Platform’s GraphQL schema. You can find the sandbox at /graph/api/graphql on your Indico Platform installation. If your Platform’s host is indico.my_company.com then the full sandbox URL would be https://indico.my_company.com/graph/api/graphql.

Pre-Built GraphQL Queries

GraphQL is extremely powerful, flexible and efficient but can be a bit verbose. To make things easier for day-to-day use of the Platform and Client Library, the developers at Indico created a collection of Java Classes to generate the most often used queries for you.

Examples

Several examples are provided in this repo under the ./examples/ folder:

• SubmissionExample - An example of executing a submission to a workflow.
• SQSExample - An example of fetching submission status using Amazon's SQS service.
• GetModelTrainingProgress - Get % complete progress on a model that is training.

The examples can be run by putting them in an appropriate java project and referencing the Indico library.

Example Snippets

Create a Client

IndicoConfig config = new IndicoConfig.Builder()
                .host("app.indico.io")
                .tokenPath("/home/user/indico-api-token.txt")
                .build();
IndicoClient client = new IndicoKtorClient(config);