Learning Hub: Event Store APIs

The “Event Store” feature of the Learning Hub is designed to capture learning “events”, such as when someone completes a course or earns a credential.

These APIs will be called by individual “Programs” to put data into, or get data out of, the Event Store.

Overview

RESTful APIs for the “Event Store” functionality of the Learning Hub, where the hub acts as a centralized “clearinghouse” of accomplishments and activities.

These APIs are called by Publishers to put data into the Learning Hub.

Data model

EVENT

EVENT

An Event is the thing being recorded in the hub: user completed a course, earned a credential, etc.

This design is influenced by the idea of a Learning Record Store in xAPI, but with less complexity.

Field

Type

Notes

EventId

UUID
(26+128 chars)

(universally unique Identifier)

 

E:{ProgramId}-{UUID}

The {ProgramId} helps guarantee uniqueness but also to make the IDs more human readable.

Event Ids are assigned by the Learning Hub.

PublisherProgramId

string (25 char)

Descriptive name for the Program that published this event.

PublisherSystemId

string (25 char)

Identifier for the type of system that published this data.

Currently, only the value “LB” is supported, for LearningBuilder.

EventType

string (50 char)

The type of event as reported by the Publisher.

PublisherEventId

string (200 char)

The Program’s unique identifier for the source event.

For LearningBuilder this will be something like “AI:1234”, which would be the Activity Instance WFI #1234

PublisherParticipantId

string (200 char)

The Program’s unique identifier for the person, organization, or entity that the event relates to.

PublisherEventCategory

JSON object
optional

High level classification of this event, within the Publisher’s system.

{ "value": "some constant value", "label": "some human readable value" }

The value property should be an ID or code that represents the event type to the Publisher.

The label property is a human readable explanation of that value, at the time of publishing.

The label can change over time, but the value should stay constant.

PublisherEventData

JSON blob

The Publisher’s representation of the event data.

EventStartUtc

UTC date/time

Non-null date/time the event started. (If only a single date/time is associated with the event, it is stored here).

EventEndUtc

UTC date/time

Nullable date/time that the event ended.

CreatedUtc

UTC date/time

UTC timestamp when this record was created.

EventDateBucket

string

{ProgramId}-LB-YYYYMMDD

Gathers the year, month, and date from the CreatedUtc field.

Identifier used by the LearningHub query that gathers events to process.

 

EventType vs PublisherEventCategory

EventType is a system concept that indicates if data is being reported, updated, deleted, etc. These are fixed values that have specific meaning to the Hub.

PublisherEventCategory is a Publisher concept that differentiates different types of events in their system, such as “Course” or “Exam Result”. These are NOT fixed values and will vary by Publisher. (For LearningBuilder Publishers, this will usually be the Activity Type)

Subscribers can subscribe to specific event categories for specific Publishers, with separate mapping templates for each category.

Calling the API

API Hostnames

See Learning Hub | API Hostnames

Authentication

See Learning Hub | Authentication

Publishing Events into the Registry

POST /api/events

JSON Payload

{ "PublisherProgramId": "YourProgramId", "PublisherSystemId": "YourSystemName", "PublisherEventId": "some_key_from_your_system", "EventType": "AI_COMP_SUCCESS", "PublisherParticipantId": "joebob@example.com", "PublisherEventCategory": { "value": "some_key", "label": "friendly description" }, "PublisherEventData": { JSON }, "EventStartUtc": "UTC date/time", "EventEndUtc": "UTC date/time" }

Parameter

Description

Parameter

Description

PublisherProgramId

The Program that owns the Event.

The API Key must have access to this Program.

PublisherSystemId

The type of system that published the event.

This is an arbitrary string provided by the Publisher. Can be used when a Publisher has multiple systems pushing data into the Hub.

EventType

The type of Learning Hub Event this record represents.

For now, the only supported value is “AI_COMP_SUCCESS”

PublisherEventId

A value that uniquely identifies this event in the Publisher’s system.

For LearningBuilder Publishers, this will be an “entity-scoped identifier” such as AI:1234, representing Activity Instance 1234.

PublisherParticipantId

Email address or some other piece of information that uniquely identifiers the primary participant within the Publisher's system.

Ideally, this is an email address or some other identifier that is shared with the Subscribers.

PublisherEventCategory

JSON object containing information about the type of Event, according to the source Program’s system.

The value should be some sort of stable identifier with meaning to the Publisher. This value will determine the Template that will be used in the /processEvent endpoint.

The label should be a human readable value that helps explain the event category to Subscribers.

{ value: "ABC123", label: "Online Course" }

PublisherEventData

JSON object representing the Event in the source Program’s system. When calling /processEvents endpoint, this data will be put thru a template and sent to learningBuilder.

EventStartUtc

The UTC date/time when this Event occurred, or the time that the Event started.

EventEndUtc

The UTC date/time when this Event ended. For Events with only a single timestamp, rather than a range, set this equal to EventStartUTC.

PublisherEventData Node Example

The exact fields and field names in the PublisherEventData node will be determined as part of the implementation process, as these are determined by the LearningBuilder instance configuration and that data the Publisher is providing to the LearningHub.

Responses

Response Code

Headers and Body

Response Code

Headers and Body

201 (Created)

A new Event was created. No body is returned.

HTTP headers:

Location: /events/{eventId}


DELETE /api/events/{eventId}

Responses

Response Code

Headers and Body

Response Code

Headers and Body

204 (No Content)

Delete was performed successfully. No body is returned.


Pulling events from the Registry

GET /api/events/{programId}

Querystring parameters

Parameter

Description

Parameter

Description

createdOnUtc

(required) The created-on date to match. Date format "YYYYMMDD"

Responses

Response Code

Headers and Body

Response Code

Headers and Body

200 (Ok)