QUESTION - is it worth making some of these RESTful web services?

[kartano]

I'm in the process of trying to convert all of this great stuff across to a Docker container - wondering if it would be worth the end users having access to the data realtime using webservices, not necessarily polling the data using cron?

[azfirefighter]

It would be much better to have it in realtime. I had it setup for our department to email a couple updates per day and the pull the most recent on a schedule for the webpage. Our department is pretty small and has a low call volume, so it worked for us that way, but the joy is that you can do it however you want in the end. 😃—-Jason ***@***.***://www.lltodd.familyOn Sep 27, 2023, at 10:45, Simon Mitchell ***@***.***> wrote: I'm in the process of trying to convert all of this great stuff across to a Docker container - wondering if it would be worth the end users having access to the data realtime using webservices, not necessarily polling the data using cron? —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[kartano]

Thanks for the response! Back in Australia I worked as an EMT and spent a lot of time at bushfires with the firefighters but obviously, we were too flat out for me to be irritating crews by looking at their kit and asking "hey, how often can you update this info?" I might actually work on a version that includes the CRON jobs and emails, but also has a RESTful API that could be used with websites, apps, etc. Possibly even something weird like an RSS feed (why anyone would want an RSS feed that gives fire fighters updates on bush fires I don't know).

My concurrent EMS project is to develop a simpler PCR system online - one that would work really well with schools, first aid businesses, workplace first aiders or nurses, and organizations like St. John Ambulance. The PCR systems I've seen used here where I was only working BLS were so crazily complicated, the software feels like it was written with a consulting neurosurgeon in mind. I can't imagine why an EMT or even a paramedic would be needing to add pathology test results into a PCR ... but it seems we could.