Hi Friends, So after taking one more shot at ona.io's API, I found the missing link:
This is where I can start: https://ona.io/api/v1/data?owner=nikhilvj This gave me the URLs to all my forms' collected data. https://ona.io/api/v1/data/81012 This is giving me the live collecting data for one of my forms. (Live as in I press Refresh and it's refreshed with the latest. I have simple needs, ra) https://ona.io/api/v1/data/81012?format=json This is my data in JSON format. So YAY! I now have a JSON source that I can do funky things with while our team collects data on the streets :) Insight : I think open source programmers could use some guidance on how to communicate about their work in a way that the people who will apply their creation, can understand. In ona.io's case, all they needed to say was: Start by going here: https://ona.io/api/v1/data?owner=[your usename] >> That's it! :P @Maroof, thanks for the heads up! Had seen that too, but self-hosted servers simply don't fit the use case scenario. And I think same would be true for any social sector org out there that just wants a simple substitute to collecting data on paper. Seriously, we can do things quite simply. I'm going to lay out what works, and no, it's not the proper way. But it works, and it's about as difficult as setting up a facebook account. ## GETTING STARTED WITH MOBILE BASED FIELD SURVEYS, FOR DUMMIES ## 1. Go to http://ona.io and sign up, create an account. 2. Start by duplicating existing stuff. Go to https://ona.io/forms/, search for "nikhil", grab one of those excels. 3. Login on http://ona.io, upload one of the excels which is an XLSForm. 4. On your phone, install ODK Collect : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.odk.collect.android 5. On your profile / dashboard at ona.io (ie, the first place you see after logging in), read and follow the instructions at the bottom to hook your ODK Collect app with your stuff. Basically it's about setting the server as https://ona.io/[your usename] 6. in ODK Collect app, "Get Blank Form", you'll see the form you uploaded in step 3. 7. Now "Fill Blank Form", fill it up, and after completion, "Send Finalized Form" 8. From the computer, on your dashboard, https://ona.io/[your usename], you'll see the form has gotten an entry. You can see the data in a table, if you geo-tagged it then you can see it on a map. You can even see any photo you submitted in the form. 9. To use the data collected in your own programming, like a map or a data visualization, go to this URL : https://ona.io/api/v1/data?owner=[your usename] ..and follow your way through. (you might need to set the form's data as public by going into the form's profile page) 10. And then many things you can do depending on how you want to apply the data. HERE you would need a programmer who understands Javascript, JSON and HTML. Till this point, you didn't really need any programmer.. it was all point and click. 11. Open up the excels you downloaded, understand the way it's structured, look up on http://xlsform.org/ for full documentation, and reverse-engineer it to create your own surveys. -- -- Cheers, Nikhil +91-966-583-1250 Pune, India Self-designed learner at Swaraj University <http://www.swarajuniversity.org> http://nikhilsheth.blogspot.in On 9/18/15, Ma-roof M <mahroo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Recently, Nafundi has made their ready to deploy ODK Aggregate VM free of > cost (pay as you wish). > Nafundi.com/products. > > Kind regards > Mahroof > On 17 Sep 2015 22:25, "Devdatta Tengshe" <devda...@tengshe.in> wrote: > >> Hi Nikhil, >> >> I'm assuming that you are looking for a *free, hosted solution* that does >> the entire thing, from data collection, to aggregation to maps completely >> for you. I'm afraid that something like this doesn't really exist. There >> are several commercial solutions which will do this, but they don't come >> cheap. >> >> If on the other hand, you are willing to get your hands dirty, then this >> is very simple to do with something like ODK Aggregate. I had done this >> for >> an organisation in my previous job. >> >> You need to setup ODK Aggregate with a postgres/mysql database, and you >> should push your data to this instance of ODK Aggregate. This data will >> be >> written to a set of tables, and then the only missing link is to write up >> a >> service which will Query this Database, and return your data back as >> JSON. >> >> Let me know if you require any further details. >> Regards, >> Dev >> >> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 9:53 PM, Nikhil VJ <nikhil...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Friends, >>> >>> This is regarding mobile-based field surveys. I'm using the "ODK >>> Collect" app on mobile, and a free account on "ona.io" as the >>> backend/dashboard/server. >>> >>> I want to make a direct connection between our inputs (forms filled on >>> mobile phones) and the output (a map showing the collected data, and >>> maybe some data visualizations and tables). For that, one crucial link >>> in the chain is evading me. Need help from people who might already >>> know something about this. Please see this question on stackoverflow >>> and see if you can help: >>> >>> >>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32631442/bamboo-io-integration-with-xlsform-hosted-on-ona-io-like-formhub-was-providing >>> >>> ----- >>> >>> For those interested in exploring possibilities to reduce data entry >>> headache in field surveys and even capture precise locations, photos >>> and audio in your surveys, you can get started by going on >>> http://ona.io , create an account, and read whatever comes on screen. >>> It's deceptively simple. >>> >>> And if your org has a decent budget, there's a great bunch of people >>> offering to do this with much more features, with many social sector >>> projects already under the belt. Check out http://dhwaniris.com/ >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> Cheers, >>> Nikhil >>> +91-966-583-1250 >>> Pune, India >>> Self-designed learner at Swaraj University < >>> http://www.swarajuniversity.org> >>> http://nikhilsheth.blogspot.in >>> >>> -- >>> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >>> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> "datameet" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an >>> email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Devdatta >> >> -- >> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. 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