Girder Plugin for VolView

Open items in VolView with a "Open in VolView" button. The button is located in the top right, on an Item's page.

Endpoints

• POST item/:id/volview -> upload file to Item with cookie authentication
• GET item/:id/volview -> download latest session.volview.zip
• GET item/:id/volview/datasets -> download all files in item except the *.volview.zip

Example Saving Roundtrip flow

1. User clicks Open in VolView for Item - Plugin checks if *volview.zip file exists in Item, finds none: Opens VolView with file download url item/:id/volview/datasets
2. VolView opens, fetches from item/:id/volview/datasets, receives zip of all files in Item except files ending in *volview.zip
3. In VolView, User clicks save button - VolView POSTs session.volview.zip to item/:id/volview
4. girder_volview Plugin saves new session.volview.zip in item.
5. User clicks Open in VolView for Item - Plugin finds the latests session.volview.zip in the Item. Opens VolView with file download URL pointing to item/:id/volview
6. VolView opens, fetches from item/:id/volview, receives most recently created *volview.zip file in Item.