ResourceSpace Plugins

Create Resourcespace Plugins to achieve the following goals: 1. Single sign on between Resourcepace, Remarkhq Current: Each application requires unique credentials and login every session Goal: SIngle sign-on across all applications Work: Evaluate various options for SSO and implement best solution 2. Account creation process for RS - automation Current: 8 step process: Add client name to global field ‘client’ Create group “ClientName” Copy and paste permissions from another client, changing the value of theme category to client name Create user, adding user to group “ClientName” Create empty collection make collection public, set collection as theme, create theme category “ClientName” log in as user and verify visibility Create FTP login Log into the database duplicate an existing user change the values for name, home directory path, and password Goal: One-step process on a single page Work: Create user creation page with: Client name Contact information User name (account admin) Email address Write code to for existence of company in system If no, run operations to Add client name to global field ‘client’ Create group “ClientName” Copy and paste permissions from another client, changing the value of theme category to client name Create user, adding user to group “ClientName” Create empty collection make collection public, set collection as theme, create theme category “ClientName” If yes, run operations to” Create user, adding user to group “ClientName” 3. Improve bulk upload/transcoding process - Plugin to replace PL upload with other COTS ([login to view URL], Parallel upload using curl Master PHP process with curl calling itself; Upload is javascript/AJAX function, transcode is PHP) **OR** push storage to S3 with worker nodes transcoding Current: Files in http batch uploads/imports from external and local FTP are uploaded one-at-a-time and transcoded before moving on to the next file. Result is longer upload times than desired Goal: Simultaneous upload and transcoding of multiple files, resulting in faster import times Work: Modify/rewrite current http upload/import process to support simultaneous uploads Modify/rewrite process for FFMPEG to simultaneously transcode files as they are uploaded Create a desktop client to enable upload over UDP 4. Selective, bulk download of proxy files Current: User must navigate to each asset separately to download lo-res proxy files Goal: Permit bulk downloading of asset proxy files Clicking a single button at the project level that sends all proxy files to a zip file for download Clicking a button within an asset’s page to send file to a download queue for user review and bundling into zip file Work: get list of proxy files from DB based on names and what they want. Determine how system handles proxy files Create process to zip and download all proxy file for a project with a single click Create process to send selected files to a queue for review, then zip and download selected proxy files pre-determined director file structure all files are pre-grouped 5. Integrate RS user database with PureFTP database Current: Separate DB in MySQL for PureFTP Requires users to be added manually Requires manual creation path for user root directory Goal: Push usernames and passwords from Resourcespace to PureFTP DB user table Use Resourcespace group membership to define FTP root directory Push changes to Resourcespace user accounts to FTP