Installation

Clone (or pull) the latest code for the Remote Data Toolbox with Git:

git clone https://github.com/isetbio/RemoteDataToolbox.git

Then add the RemoteDataToolbox folder and sub-folders to your Matlab path. In fall/winter 2015/2016 we made a lot of changes to the RemoteDataToolbox, so you should be sure to update your path even if you already have RemoteDataToolbox.

Run Remote Data Toolbox Included Demos

There are 4 example scripts you can read and run. These live in the RemoteDataToolbox/examples folder.

brainard-archiva/rdtExamplePublishData.m shows how you can create some data locally, upload it to our demo repository, and view the data in your web browser. This example uses image data, so it's easy to view.

brainard-archiva/rdtExampleReadData.m follows the previous. It shows how you can download data from our demo repository -- in this case the image you just created.

brainard-archiva/rdtExampleQueryRepository.m shows how you can use the Remote Data Toolbox to list and query artifacts that live in our demo repository.

maven-central/rdtExampleMavenCentral.m shows that Remote Data Toolbox can access other data repositories, not just our own server. In this case it accesses a repository called "Maven Central" which stores lots of open-source Java stuff.

Here are some instructions you can use to obtain the Remote Data Toolbox and try it out.

You can:

• Get the Remote Data Toolbox and run the included demos.
• Get isetbio and the Unit Test Toolbox and run full validations with data access via Remote Data Toolbox (no Dropbox).

It's also possible to publish data from the Unit Test Toolbox, via the Remote Data Toolbox. We can add those instructions later, once we iron out any wrinkles encountered so far.