Caliper Example 1. Actor, Action, Object

caliper_actor_action_object.py

from caliper import entities

# actor: 'Subject' part of an Event
actor = entities.Person(
             id='http://example.org/person/123', 
             name='Test'
         )

print(actor.as_json(thin_context=True, thin_props=True))

# Result: {"@context": "http://purl.imsglobal.org/ctx/caliper/v1p1", "id": "http://example.org/person/123", "name": "Test", "type": "Person"}

# action: 'Verb' part of an Event
from caliper.constants import CALIPER_ACTIONS  

action = CALIPER_ACTIONS['LOGGED_IN']

print(action)

# Result: LoggedIn

# object: 'Object' part of an Event

obj = entities.SoftwareApplication(
  			id='http://example.org/app/testservice', 
            name='Learning Analytics Example'
	  )

print(obj.as_json(thin_context=True, thin_props=True))

# Result: 
"""
{
   "@context":"http://purl.imsglobal.org/ctx/caliper/v1p1",
   "id":"http://example.org/app/testservice",
   "name":"Learning Analytics Example",
   "type":"SoftwareApplication"
}
"""