Aggregated Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov
After you have cloned this repo, run this setup script to set up your machine with the necessary dependencies to run and test this app:
% ./bin/setup
It assumes you have a machine equipped with Ruby, Postgres, etc. If not, set up your machine with this script.
After running bin/setup, you'll have a .env file that contains an empty template for the environment variables you'll need. These variables are copied from .env.example
bundle exec rake import:full:run
The full import will download the entire dataset from clinicaltrials.gov. This rake task is designed to only work on the first of the month. To run the task and ignore the date, run bundle exec rake import:full:run[force]
bundle exec rake import:daily:run[{days_back}]
The daily import will check the RSS feed at clinicaltrials.gov for studies that have been added or changed. You can specify how many days back to look in the dataset with the days_back argument above. To import changed/new studies from two days back: bundle exec rake import:daily:run[2]
Sanity checks are a simple way for us to check that the tables in the database have been imported correctly and gives some insight into how the data looks at a high level. Both the daily and full import rake tasks run the sanity check automatically. To run it manually, open up a Rails console and enter SanityCheck.run. This will create a record in the sanity_checks table with a report represented in JSON.
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