Ckanext-Datarequest

Background and strategic fit

In this way we can set up a Data Market, not only with data supplies but also with data demands.

Installations and Requirements

Installations and Requirements

To install ckanext-datarequest on a production site:

1. Activate your CKAN virtual environment, for example:

   ENV /usr/lib/ckan/default/bin/activate

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

   pip install ckanext-datarequests
   
   // or
   
   pip install -e git+https://github.com/conwetlab/ckanext-datarequests#egg=ckanext-datarequests

3. Add datarequestsin theckan.pluginssetting in your CKAN config file.

   ckan.plugins = datarequests ....

4. Enable or disable the comments system by setting up the ckan.datarequests.comments property in the configuration file (by default, the comments system is enabled).

   ckan.datarequests.comments = [true|false]

5. Enable or disable a badge to show the number of data requests in the menu by setting up the ckan.datarequests.show_datarequests_badge property in the configuration file (by default, the badge is not shown).

   ckan.datarequests.show_datarequests_badge = [true|false]

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

   sudo service apache2 reload

User interaction and design

You have two ways for creating, updating, deleting, viewing and closing a datarequest: you can use the graphical interface or the programmatic API.

Questions and Answers

Below is a list of Q&A from user sides:

Further steps