work-with-sof

name	work-with-sof
description	Work on SQL-on-FHIR, ViewDefinition processing, sof-cli, sof-server, SOF HTTP configuration, output formats, or parquet export. Use for helios-sof changes, ViewDefinitionTrait behavior, transformation tests, and SOF server endpoints.

SQL-on-FHIR

Use this when working in helios-sof, sof-cli, sof-server, or ViewDefinition transformation code.

Server Environment

Variable	Default	Description
SOF_SERVER_PORT	8080	Server port
SOF_SERVER_HOST	127.0.0.1	Host to bind
SOF_LOG_LEVEL	info	Log level
SOF_MAX_BODY_SIZE	10485760	Max request body size in bytes, applied after decompression
SOF_REQUEST_TIMEOUT	30	Request timeout in seconds
SOF_ENABLE_CORS	true	Enable CORS
SOF_CORS_ORIGINS	*	Allowed origins
SOF_TERMINOLOGY_SERVER	none	Terminology server URL for FHIRPath memberOf and subsumes

API Endpoints

• GET /metadata: return CapabilityStatement.
• GET /health: health check.
• POST /ViewDefinition/$viewdefinition-run: execute ViewDefinition transformation.

$viewdefinition-run accepts these parameters in the request body or query:

• _format: csv, ndjson, json, or parquet.
• header: CSV header control, true or false.
• viewResource: ViewDefinition resource.
• resource: FHIR resources to transform.
• patient: filter by patient reference.
• _limit: limit results, 1 to 10000.
• _since: filter by modification time.

Parameter precedence is request body, then query params, then Accept header.

Parquet Export

# CLI
cargo run --bin sof-cli -- --view view.json --bundle data.json --format parquet

# Server
curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/ViewDefinition/\$viewdefinition-run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"_format": "parquet", "viewResource": {...}, "resource": [...]}'

Parquet type mapping follows Pathling conventions:

SOF type	Parquet type
boolean	BOOLEAN
string, code, uri	UTF8
integer	INT32
decimal	FLOAT64
dateTime, date	UTF8

Arrays map to Arrow List types. All fields are OPTIONAL. Snappy compression is the default.

Testing

• Unit tests live in src/ files.
• Integration tests live in tests/.
• ViewDefinition examples are embedded in test files.
• For version-independent logic, use enum wrappers such as SofViewDefinition and traits such as ViewDefinitionTrait, BundleTrait, and ResourceTrait.