Basic Use Case Flows
Graphical overviews describing the interaction of the yuuvis® Momentum core services in exemplary basic use case flows.
Table of Contents
Introduction
By chunking up the system into microservices it can be tough to keep the overview of all available services, their relationships and dependencies to each other. The following graphical overview of our microservice architecture offers you a first entry point into the yuuvis® Momentum landscape. By providing further and more detailed examples based on special use cases (flows) you'll get a better and easy way of understanding our entire landscape.
Graphical Overview
For visualizing the topology of our microservices the following overview shows - on a higher level - many of our core microservices.
For understanding various flows - on a more granular level - check out the detailed diagrams visualizing special use case.
Login to the Core API - Authentication (Browser / Application)
1. - HTTP request to any API endpoint, sending basic authentication or bearer token
2. - verify credentials externally
3. - receive auth code to authentication with auth code
4. - request roleset acquisition
5. - query user roleset externally
6. - receive user roleset
7. - present roleset
8. - provide authentication token and proceed with initial API request
9. - request information from other parts of the system
10. - obtain requested information
11. - produce API response
12. - send HTTP response to user
Webhook entry points
a - user.info
1. - HTTP request to any API endpoint
2. - Redirect to Identification Provider
3. - Verify Credentials externally
4. - Redirect to authentication with Auth code
5. - Send Auth code to Authentication Service
6. - Retrieve UserId using Auth code
7. - Recieve UserId
8. - Request roleset acquisition
9. - Query user roleset
10. - Recieve user roleset
11. - Present roleset
12. - Provide authentication token and Proceed with initial API request
13. - Request information from other parts of the System
14. - Obtain requested information
15. - Produce API response
16. - Send HTTP response to User
Webhook entry points
a - user.info
The authentication flow is always part of all described flows. It is used to get a valid authentication token for further processing.
To interact with yuuvis® Momentum, it is necessary to log in with a user account. The user accounts are managed by at least one external identity provider.
>> Concept: Authentication against the Core API
>> Example Tutorial: Login to the Core API (Java)
Importing Documents
1. - HTTP Post request containing metadata and content
2. - enrichment of request with authentication token
3. - defer content to storage services
3.1 - analyze content file
3.2 - skip content analyzer
4. - content storage handling
4.1 - using custom storage via archive service
4.2 - using s3 interface of repository
5. - create metadata based on previous steps
6. - write metadata to storage / index instances
7. - index new object in ES
8. - create initial audit entry
9. - create API response from metadata
10. - return metadata as HTTP response
Webhook entry points
a - dms.request.objects.upsert.storage-before
b - dms.request.objects.upsert.database-before
c - dms.response.objects, dms.response.objects.insert
Documents can be imported into a yuuvis® Momentum system using the provided core API's HTTP requests for importing documents (POST /api/dms/objects).
>> Example Tutorial: Importing Documents via Core API
Retrieval of Content by ID / Older Version
1. - HTTP get request to object URL
2. - Enrichment of request with authentication Token
3. - Check for User Authorization using search service query
4. - Query elastic search for object ID
5. - Elasticsearch metadata response (if user is authorized)
6. - Repository url of objectId
7. - Request content of objectID
8. - Query objectId in Storage Provider
9. - Storage Provider binary content response
10. - Return object binary content
11. - Write CONTENT_ACCESSED audit entry
12. - Create API response from binary content
13. - Return HTTP binary content response
1. - HTTP get request to object URL
2. - Enrichment of request with authentication Token
3. - Check for User Authorization using search service query
4. - Query elastic search for object ID
5. - Elasticsearch metadata response (if user is authorized)
6. - Verify that user has object access rights
7. - Retrieve metadata version using Registry Service
8. - Query object metadata version from database
9. - Return metadata including Repository URL of content
10. - Return content Repo URL
11. - Request content of objectID
12. - Query objectId in Storage Provider
13. - Storage Provider binary content response
14. - Return object binary content
15. - Write CONTENT_ACCESSED audit entry
16. - Create API response from binary content
17. - Return HTTP binary content response
The content of already imported documents into the yuuvis® Momentum system can be retrieved using the provided core API's HTTP requests for retrieving content files (GET /api/dms/objects/{objectId}/contents/file). If a specific version of the document's content is to be requested, the endpoint to be called changes and includes the specific version (GET /api/dms/objects/{objectId}/versions/{versionNr}/contents/file).
>> Example Tutorial: Retrieving Documents via Core API
Retrieval of Metadata by ID / Older Version
1. - HTTP get request to object URL
2. - Enrichment of request with authentication Token
3. - Request metadata
4. - Query objectId in database
5. - DB metadata response
6. - Write METADATA_ACCESSED audit entry
7. - Return metadata object metadata
8. - Create API response from metadata
9. - Return HTTP metadata response
Webhook entry points
a - dms.response.objects
1. - HTTP get request to object URL
2. - Enrichment of request with authentication Token
3. - Query Metadata availability using Search Service
4. - Query objectId in ES
5. - Elastic Search version data response
6. - Return registry link if user is authorized for to access the object
7. - Retrieve metadata version using Registry Service
8. - Retrieve object version from data base
9. - Database object metadata response
10. - Return metadata object metadata
11.- Write METADATA_ACCESSED audit entry
12. - Create API response from metadata
13. - Return HTTP metadata response
Webhook entry points
a - dms.response.objects
The metadata of already imported documents into the yuuvis® Momentum system can be retrieved using the provided core API's HTTP requests for retrieving the metadata (GET /api/dms/objects/{objectId}). If a specific version or all versions of the document's metadata is to be requested, the endpoint to be called changes and includes the specific version (GET /api/dms/objects/{objectId}/versions / GET /api/dms/objects/{objectId}/versions/{versionNr}).
>> Example Tutorial: Retrieving Documents via Core API
Search Queries
1. - HTTP get request to object URL
2. - Enrichment of request with authentication Token
3. - Request query execution
4. - Translate and send ES query
5. - Receive ES query results
6. - Return metadata object list
7. - Create API response from metadata
8. - Return HTTP metadata response
Webhook entry points
a - dms.request.search
b - dms.response.objects, dms.response.objects.search
Already imported objects into the yuuvis® Momentum system can be queried using the provided core API's HTTP request with the search query as request body (POST /api/dms/objects/search).
>> Concept: Search Query Language
Update Content
1. - HTTP post request to content url of object
2. - Enrichment of the Request with authentication token
3. - Verify user has writing permissions on object using Search Service
4. - Query object in Elastic Search
5. - Return ElasticSearch query results
6. - Return User Authorization Verification results
7. - Infer analysis of new content item
8. - Commit new content to storage
8.1 - Using custom storage via Archive Service
8.2 - Using s3 interface of repository
9. - Update object metadata contentstream attribute
10. - Commit updated metadata to database
11. - Write CONTENT_UPDATED audit entry
12. - Index the updated metadata in ES
13. - Return updated metadata
14. - Create API response from metadata
15. - Return updated metadata
Webhook entry points
a - dms.request.objects.upsert.storage-before
b - dms.request.objects.upsert.database-before
c - dms.response.objects, dms.response.objects.update
The content of an already imported document into the yuuvis® Momentum system can be updated using the provided core API's HTTP requests for updating the content (POST /api/dms/objects/{objectId}/contents/file).
>> Example Tutorial: Updating Documents via Core API
Update Metadata
1. - HTTP post request to object id URL
2. - Enrichment of request with authentication token
3. - Query for objectId using Search Service to verify user Authorization
4. - Query Elasticsearch for object
5. - Elasticsearch object response (if user is properly authenticated)
6. - Authorization Test query response
7. - Infer metadata validation and update
8. - Commit updated metadata to index
9. - Index updated metadata in ES
10. - If Expiration Date has changed: update content storage via Archive Service
11. - Update metadata in Database
12. - Write METADATA_UPDATED audit entry
13. - Return updated metadata
14. - Create API response from metadata
15. - Return metadata HTTP response
Webhook entry points
a - dms.request.objects.upsert.storage-before
b - dms.request.objects.upsert.database-before
c - dms.response.objects, dms.response.objects.update
The metadata of an already imported document into the yuuvis® Momentum system can be updated using the provided core API's HTTP requests for updating the metadata (POST /api/dms/objects/{objectId} / PATCH /api/dms/objects/{objectId}).
>> Example Tutorial: Updating Documents via Core API
Deletion
1. - HTTP delete request to object id URL
2. - Enrichment of request with authentication token
3. - Query object using Search Service to verify user Authorization
4. - Query object in ElasticSearch
5. - ElasticSearch object reponse
6. - Authorization Verification Results
7. - Infer deletion of content
8. - Flag as deleted in ElasticSearch via Index
9. - Flag as deleted across Storage Providers
10. - Flag as deleted in Database
11. - Return deletion Status Code
12. - OBJECT_DELETED audit entry
13. - Return Deletion Results
Webhook entry points
a - dms.request.objects.delete
b - dms.response.objects.delete
An already imported document into the yuuvis® Momentum system can be deleted using the provided core API's HTTP requests for deleting documents (DELETE /api/dms/objects/{objectId}).
>> Example Tutorial: Deleting Documents via Core API