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+## Setup
+This notebook is a collection of `curl` commands that can be executed in the terminal to validate the API endpoints\.
+Besides `curl` also `jq` is used for formatting purposes\. 
+### client credentials
+The `bw` command is the Bitwarden password manager CLI command\.
+Replace the CLIENT\_ID value\, with your personal CLIENT\_ID\. And provison your CLIENT\_SECRET
+```warp-runnable-command
+CLIENT_ID=plQ8P4mNxEoKFLY0NnYvfkO1Ak9HozjG \
+CLIENT_SECRET=$(bw get password plQ8P4mNxEoKFLY0NnYvfkO1Ak9HozjG)
+```
+The client SECRET can also be captured via CLI read\:
+```warp-runnable-command
+read CLIENT_SECRET
+```
+Get an OAUTH token \( from the `/token` endpoint\)
+```warp-runnable-command
+# Compose the JSON string using jq
+DATA=$(jq -n \
+          --arg client_id "$CLIENT_ID" \
+          --arg client_secret "$CLIENT_SECRET" \
+          --arg audience "https://str.eu" \
+          --arg grant_type "client_credentials" \
+          '{client_id: $client_id, client_secret: $client_secret, audience: $audience, grant_type: $grant_type}')
+
+# Get the token          
+TOKEN=$(curl -s --request POST \
+  --url https://tt-dp-dev.eu.auth0.com/oauth/token \
+  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
+  --data $DATA | jq -r .access_token )
+```
+### API host
+```warp-runnable-command
+HOST=eu-str.sdep-pilot.eu
+
+```
+## Test API
+### Unauthenticated health endpoint
+```warp-runnable-command
+curl -s https://$HOST/api/v0/ping | jq -r .
+
+```
+This should return\:
+```json
+{
+  "status": "ok"
+}
+```
+## Activity data
+### Submit of activity data
+Multiple records can be posted at ounce\, but will be stored as individual records\.
+For demo purposes\, we can set an invalid country code\.
+```warp-runnable-command
+curl -s -X POST https://$HOST/api/v0/str/activity-data \
+--header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
+--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+--data '{
+  "data": [
+    {
+      "numberOfGuests": 10,
+      "countryOfGuests": [
+        "ITZ",
+        "NLD"
+      ],
+      "temporal": {
+        "startDateTime": "2024-07-21T17:32:28Z",
+        "endDateTime": "2024-07-25T17:32:28Z"
+      },
+      "address": {
+        "street": "123 Main St",
+        "city": "Brussels",
+        "postalCode": "1000",
+        "country": "BEL"
+      },
+      "hostId": "placeholder-host-id",
+      "unitId": "placeholder-unit-id",
+      "areaId": "placeholder-area-id"
+    },
+    {
+      "numberOfGuests": 2,
+      "countryOfGuests": [
+        "BEL"
+      ],
+      "temporal": {
+        "startDateTime": "2024-07-21T17:32:28Z",
+        "endDateTime": "2024-07-25T17:32:28Z"
+      },
+      "address": {
+        "street": "123 Main St",
+        "city": "Brussels",
+        "postalCode": "1000",
+        "country": "BEL"
+      },
+      "hostId": "placeholder-host-id",
+      "unitId": "placeholder-unit-id",
+      "areaId": "placeholder-area-id"
+    },
+    {
+      "numberOfGuests": 3,
+      "countryOfGuests": [
+        "BEL"
+      ],
+      "temporal": {
+        "startDateTime": "2024-07-21T17:32:28Z",
+        "endDateTime": "2024-07-25T17:32:28Z"
+      },
+      "address": {
+        "street": "123 Main St",
+        "city": "Brussels",
+        "postalCode": "1000",
+        "country": "BEL"
+      },
+      "hostId": "placeholder-host-id",
+      "unitId": "placeholder-unit-id",
+      "areaId": "placeholder-area-id"
+    }          
+  ],
+  "metadata": {
+    "platform": "booking.com",
+    "submissionDate": "2024-07-21T17:32:28Z",
+    "additionalProp1": {}
+  }
+}
+' \
+| jq .
+```
+Data has been pushed to the Kafka topic\: `activity-data`
+
+### Only for demonstration purposes\, and if you have an own deployment 
+We can use `kcat` to list kafka topics and kafka topics content
+```warp-runnable-command
+kcat -L
+```
+```warp-runnable-command
+kcat -C -t activity-data -c 20 -f 'Headers: %h || Message value: %s\n'
+```
+Confluent Kafka also allows to views data in the topics\: [https\:\/\/confluent\.cloud\/environments\/env\-d19ry\/clusters\/lkc\-1dm6dj\/topics\/activity\-data\/message\-viewer](https://confluent.cloud/environments/env-d19ry/clusters/lkc-1dm6dj/topics/activity-data/message-viewer)
+Note also the header data contains the OAUTH2 app name\.
+
+### Retrieve activity data submitted to the SDEP
+```warp-runnable-command
+curl -s https://$HOST/api/v0/ca/activity-data \
+--header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
+| jq .
+```
+Note each consumer has it\'s offset and will only get \"new\" published data\.
+
+## Listings
+### Submit of listings data
+```warp-runnable-command
+curl -s -X POST https://$HOST/api/v0/str/listings \
+--header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
+--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+--data '
+{
+  "data": [
+    {
+      "registrationNumber": "1234",
+      "Unit": {
+        "description": "string",
+        "floorLevel": "string",
+        "address": {
+          "street": "Culliganlaan 5",
+          "city": "Diegem",
+          "postalCode": "1831",
+          "country": "BEL"
+        },
+        "obtainedAuth": true,
+        "subjectToAuth": true,
+        "numberOfRooms": 0,
+        "occupancy": 0,
+        "purpose": "string",
+        "type": "string",
+        "url": "STR-Platform.com/1234"
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "metadata": {
+    "platform": "STR-Platform"
+  }
+}
+'\
+| jq .
+```
+### Only for demonstration purposes\, and if you have an own deployment
+Consuming data from the kafka topic `listings`
+```warp-runnable-command
+kcat -C -t listings -c 20 -f 'Headers: %h || Message value: %s\n'
+```
+### Retrieving listing data
+The limit parameter is optional\.
+This data retrieval is also incremental and will only return \"new\" data\.
+```warp-runnable-command
+curl -s https://$HOST/api/v0/ca/listings \
+--header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
+| jq .
+```
+## Area
+### Shape file upload
+```warp-runnable-command
+curl -s -X POST https://$HOST/api/v0/ca/area \
+--header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
+-F "file=@/Users/thierryturpin/GolandProjects/str-ap-internal/BELGIUM_-_Regions.shp"
+```
+### List shape files
+```warp-runnable-command
+curl -s https://$HOST/api/v0/str/area \
+--header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
+| jq .
+```
+### Download of a shape file
+Set the ID returned by the previous command
+```warp-runnable-command
+curl -s https://$HOST/api/v0/str/area/01J0R0GC700000000000000000 \
+--header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
+-o downloaded_shape_file.shp
+```
+Verify the downloaded file
+```warp-runnable-command
+file downloaded_shape_file.shp
+
+```
+### Verify SSL certificate
+Only relevant for own deployments\:
+```warp-runnable-command
+export SERVER_NAME=$HOST
+export PORT=443 
+openssl s_client -servername $SERVER_NAME -connect $SERVER_NAME:$PORT | openssl x509 -noout -dates
+```