API

The API allows applications to retrieve data from an OMOP source through a http interface. The API is implemented in Python and uses the Flask framework.

Because OMOP queries can be quite time consuming, therefore the API will make use of background tasks. The API will return a job id, which can be used to retrieve the results of the query later.

Start the API

docker compose up -d

Or to run it in development mode:

docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.dev.yml up -d

Build the API

docker compose build