[RIT] Data Piping - Sending transformed data

[cmr6689]

Story

As a TSDetect user who has agreed to send my usage data for research purposes, I want my usage data to be transformed into a usable form and sent to the centralized database.

Requirements

• The test results generated from the TSDetect plugin shall be scanned for the following sendable information:
  • Timestamp
  • A list of test smells, and associated number of occurrences
• The sendable information, along with the users uid, shall be compiled into a hashmap with the following format:
  • userID : 0
  • Timestamp in “yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss” format : 0
  • Testsmell Name : Number of that test smell found
    • ^ Above is repeated the required number of times to incorporate all test smells
• The hashmap of sendable data shall be wrapped in a JSON format
  • Data is sent over HTTP as a JSON object
• The TSDetect tool shall attempt to connect to the “POST /test-results” endpoint of the TSDetect input API and send this json
  • If the POST request does NOT return a response of 200, TSDetect shall attempt to connect again, to a maximum of five attempts.
    • If the POST request fails to return a response of 200 five consecutive times, TSDetect will store the json as a file locally
  • If the POST request returns a response of 200, TSDetect shall dispose of the data collected
  • If there are any json files located in TSDetect’s designated local storage area, it shall verify that they are of the correct format
    • If they are, TSDetect shall repeat the POST /test-results with this json file.