ckanext-package_converter

This extension allows the export (and soon import) of CKAN package metadata to multiple formats. It allows the user to easily define custom converters and reuse existing ones. Formats supported: DataCite, OAI_DC,...

Requirements

It is compatible with ckanext-scheming, ckanext-repeating, ckanext-composite and ckanext-spatial. This extension has been developed for CKAN 2.5.2.

Installation

To install ckanext-package_converter:

1. Activate your CKAN virtual environment, for example:

   . /usr/lib/ckan/default/bin/activate
   

2. Install the ckanext-package_converter Python package into your virtual environment:

   pip install ckanext-package_converter
   

3. Add package_converter to the ckan.plugins setting in your CKAN config file (by default the config file is located at /etc/ckan/default/production.ini).

4. Restart CKAN. For example if you've deployed CKAN with Apache on Ubuntu:

   sudo service apache2 reload
   

Config Settings

You can define custom converters by adding them to the Converters() object directly or via the configuration file. For example:

# full path to converters (optional)
package_converter.converters = ckanext.package_converter.model.scheming_converter.Datacite31SchemingConverter

Development Installation

To install ckanext-package_converter for development, activate your CKAN virtualenv and do:

git clone https://github.com/espona/ckanext-package_converter.git
cd ckanext-package_converter
python setup.py develop
pip install -r dev-requirements.txt

Running the Tests

To run the tests, do:

nosetests --nologcapture --with-pylons=test.ini

To run the tests and produce a coverage report, first make sure you have coverage installed in your virtualenv (pip install coverage) then run:

nosetests --nologcapture --with-pylons=test.ini --with-coverage --cover-package=ckanext.package_converter --cover-inclusive --cover-erase --cover-tests

Registering ckanext-package_converter on PyPI

ckanext-package_converter should be availabe on PyPI as https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ckanext-package_converter. If that link doesn't work, then you can register the project on PyPI for the first time by following these steps:

1. Create a source distribution of the project:

   python setup.py sdist
   

2. Register the project:

   python setup.py register
   

3. Upload the source distribution to PyPI:

   python setup.py sdist upload
   

4. Tag the first release of the project on GitHub with the version number from the setup.py file. For example if the version number in setup.py is 0.0.1 then do:

   git tag 0.0.1
   git push --tags
   

Releasing a New Version of ckanext-package_converter

ckanext-package_converter is availabe on PyPI as https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ckanext-package_converter. To publish a new version to PyPI follow these steps:

1. Update the version number in the setup.py file. See PEP 440 for how to choose version numbers.

2. Create a source distribution of the new version:

   python setup.py sdist
   

3. Upload the source distribution to PyPI:

   python setup.py sdist upload
   

4. Tag the new release of the project on GitHub with the version number from the setup.py file. For example if the version number in setup.py is 0.0.2 then do:

   git tag 0.0.2
   git push --tags