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ORServices is an open source, smartphone-friendly directory application that enables you to collect, verify, organize and share information about social services in your community with your stakeholders, beneficiaries, partner organizations and more.
https://sarapis.org/human-services/orservices/
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Form for agencies #1

Closed JordanLyons closed 4 years ago

JordanLyons commented 6 years ago

I would like to request a feature that includes a form where service providers can apply for inclusion and update their records in the database.

devinbalkind commented 6 years ago

Thanks for submitting this issue.

The challenge is that if we add/edit the data via the Laravel app then the data will change in the MySQL/Laravel database but not the AirTable because we're using the AirTable API for read-only access at this point.

With more funding we could develop a method for writing to the AirTable from the Laravel app. That would allow us to keep everything in sync. That would require some significant development, which we don't currently have the resources to tackle. But hopefully we will soon.

It would be significantly easier for us to allow users to claim/update their records, edit the data in the Laravel, and then produce a change log in the Laravel app so admins could see what is changed and then manually make those changes in the AirTable. That should work in the short-term for low volume use cases but it's certainly not ideal.

JordanLyons commented 4 years ago

I am more familiar with Airtable now and see that there is a "Form View" as well as "Grid View," and I think that might work for now.