Exploring options for reducing the necessary number of API calls for creating requests

GET /v1/opportunities/<opportunityId>

• If rules are configured on a per opportunity basis, we should list all the rules without needing to make another request: 

  • Current rules object in opportunities:

    "rules": {
                "opportunityId": 531659,
                "canSubmitNewRequest": true,
                "noAvailableActionsReason": [],
                "resourceIdsAvailableForNewRequest": [
                    530903,
                    530185,
                    530201,
                    530275,
                    530902
                ],
                "gracePeriod": 1,
                "availableActionRequests": []
            }

• Currently, in the person request we don't have role_types or any roles for the user. This would beneficial to have within the person object so that the front-end can display something like the displayRoleType.

  • Current person object looks like this: 

    {
        "message": null,
        "result": {
            "username": "metzger",
            "firstName": "Luis",
            "middleName": null,
            "lastName": "Metzger",
            "email": "luismetzger@me.com",
            "phone": "303-591-3076",
            "academicStatus": "Industrial User",
            "residenceCountry": null,
            "organization": "UCAR"
        }
    }

• For supporting grants, we require several API requests to GET certain data, such as: 

  • Funding Agencies: 

    {
             "fundingAgencyId":1,
             "fundingAgencyName":"National Science Foundation (NSF)",
             "fundingAgencyAbbr":"NSF",
             "relativeOrder":1
          }

  • Unit types: 

    {
             "unitTypeId":1,
             "unitType":"Dollars",
             "displayUnitType":"Dollars"
          }

  • FOS types: 

     {
             "fosTypeId":1,
             "fosName":"Mathematical and Physical Sciences",
             "fosAbbr":"MPS",
             "fosNum":100,
             "fosTypeParentId":null,
             "isActive":true
          }

  • Anyway we can combine this to allow for a decrease in supporting Grants? 
    • Possible Solutions: 
      • Funding Agencies can have nested attributes of what is required for each.