ckanext-dc_serve

This CKAN plugin provides an API for accessing DC data. The python package dclab implements a client library (dclab.rtdc_dataset.fmt_dcor) to access this API. Shape-Out 2 offers a GUI via File - Load DCOR data.

This plugin implements:

• The DCOR API for accessing DC datasets online (dcserv).
• A background job that generates a condensed dataset after a resource has been created.
• A background job that uploads the condensed dataset to the S3 object store. The temporary location of the condensed dataset that is created can be set by setting the ckanext.dc_serve.tmp_dir configuration option.
• A route that makes the condensed dataset available via "/dataset/{id}/resource/{resource_id}/condensed.rtdc" (S3 object store data is made available via a redirect)
• A route overriding the default route for downloading a resource via "/dataset/{id}/resource/{resource_id}/download/resource_name" (S3 object store data is made available via a redirect)
• Extends the template to show a condensed resource download button
• CLI:
  • add CKAN command run-jobs-dc-serve that runs all background jobs for all resources (if not already done)
• Configuration keywords:
  • the ckanext.dc_serve.create_condensed_datasets boolean parameter can be set to False to prevent DCOR from generating condensed resource files
  • ckanext.dc_serve.tmp_dir specifies the location of a directory used for creating temporary files when condensing datasets; if not specified, a temporary directory is used

Installation

pip install ckanext-dc_serve

Add this extension to the plugins and defaul_views in ckan.ini:

ckan.plugins = [...] dc_serve

Testing

Testing is done via vagrant in a virtualmachine using the dcor-test <https://app.vagrantup.com/paulmueller/boxes/dcor-test/> image. Make sure that vagrant and virtualbox are installed and run the following commands in the root of this repository:

# Setup virtual machine using `Vagrantfile`
vagrant up
# Run the tests
vagrant ssh -- sudo bash /testing/vagrant-run-tests.sh