ckanext-create-typed-package 0.0.4.post1

Select dataset type when adding new data

ckanext-create_typed_package

Add dataset type selector to the “Add dataset” button.

Installation

To install ckanext-create_typed_package:

1. Activate your CKAN virtual environment, for example:

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

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

   pip install ckanext-create-typed-package

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

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

   sudo service apache2 reload

Config settings

# Build list of package types using ckanext-scheming API instead of
# internal CKAN's package_type registry
# (optional, default: false).
create_typed_package.use_scheming = true

# Additional types that are not are not automatically added to the
# list for some reason
# (optional, default: []).
create_typed_package.additional_types = custom_type another_type

# Package types that need to be excluded from the list of available
# types
# (optional, default: []).
create_typed_package.exclude_types = custom_type another_type

# After clicking on "Add datset" button redirect user to special
# page with dataset type selector instead of using in-place modal
# (optional, default: false).
create_typed_package.use_separate_route = true

# URL where the special page with dataset type selector will be registered.
# (optional, default: /dataset/select-type).
create_typed_package.route_path = /create-package/select-type