This is the source code for the Python Django application seizures.ericoc.com.
However, the website itself is for authorized users only.
I have been using an Apple Shortcut to track when, and (precisely) where, I have epileptic seizures!
The Apple Shortcut can be executed from my iPhone, Apple Watch, or MacBook with just a maximum of two taps. The Apple Watch shortcut is actually even simple for someone who is with me to use - while the watch remains on my wrist.
Not only did I create this to track epileptic seizures, but it is also an
ongoing personal project to further my programming and general web development
skills. This originally began as a single-file Flask application. The website
depends upon nginx, gunicorn, Python 3.11, Django, Django REST Framework, and
relies upon a local PostgreSQL database, as well as Django QuerySets to a
Snowflake warehouse using: django-snowflake.
Every time that I run the Apple shortcut, the Apple device where sends an HTTPS JSON POST request to this application's Django REST Framework end-point. This application writes a row to the database - which is an "event" or "seizure", including:
- Timestamp (UTC)
- Device Name
- Device Type
- SSID (not sent by Apple Watch)
- Altitude (not sent by MacBook)
- Latitude
- Longitude
- Address (according to Apple)
- Battery
- Brightness
- Volume
The data is collected on the Apple device and sent to the /api/seizures
Django REST Framework end-point.
I have stored these events in numerous different databases - migrating at least three (3) times, from MySQL, PostgreSQL, InfluxDB, and now currently Snowflake.
In August 2023, I migrated to PostgreSQL (using Django QuerySets), but then again migrated my Django QuerySets to query a Snowflake warehouse as of February 2024.
The current Snowflake schema can be found at: seizures.sql
With latitude and longitude, I use Leaflet, in combination with OpenStreetMap to precisely map where each one of my seizures took place.