The DSA Transparency Database collects the statements of reasons submitted by providers of online platforms to the Commission, in accordance with Article 24(5) of the DSA to enable scrutiny over the content moderation decisions of the providers of online platforms and to monitor the spread of illegal and other harmful content online.

Automated Submissions using an API

The Transparency Database has an API that allows providers of online platforms that issue large numbers of statements of reasons to submit them without using the web interface. To learn about the capabilities of the API, you can consult the API documentation.

Search Using an API (not yet implemented, for future releases)

The Commission is considering a Search API that allows interested individuals, in particular from the research community, to extract large volumes of data from the database, in future releases of the database.

Development

Stack

• php 8.4
• Mysql 8

Pre-requisites

• Composer

Setup

Step 1

Begin by cloning this repository to your machine, and installing Composer dependencies.

git clone https://github.com/digital-services-act/transparency-database
cd dsa-module2 && composer install 

Step 2

Create a local database

Step 3

Create .env based on .env.example file, and add your database credentials and the email that will be set as administrator.

Step 4

Bootstrap the application

php artisan key:generate
chmod -R 777 storage
php artisan migrate:fresh --seed
php artisan reset-application

Running the app

$ php artisan serve

Viewing the app

$BROWSER 'http://127.0.0.1:8000'

Running Tests

$ php artisan test

Parallelize Tests

You can speed up tests by running them in parallel:

$ php artisan test --parallel

Login and Authentications

To use the authenticated parts of the application you will need to have an EU login account.

Additionally, your local installation will need to be hosted on a domain that ends with "europa.eu".

ex, https://transparency.test.europa.eu

License

DSA Transparency Database is licensed under GPLv2. See LICENSE.txt for more information.

Assistance

For any type of issues please contact: CNECT-DSA-HELPDESK@ec.europa.eu