ckanext-list 2.1.0

A CKAN extension that adds a list view for resources.

ckanext-list

A CKAN extension that adds a list view for resources.

Overview

This extension adds a list view for resources on a CKAN instance. Records are listed as brief summaries, with a configurable set of fields shown for each.

NB: This extension currently only works with the Natural History Museum's theme extension ckanext-nhm; this should be fixed in future releases (contributions are always welcome).

Installation

Path variables used below:

• $INSTALL_FOLDER (i.e. where CKAN is installed), e.g. /usr/lib/ckan/default
• $CONFIG_FILE, e.g. /etc/ckan/default/development.ini

1. Clone the repository into the src folder:

cd $INSTALL_FOLDER/src
git clone https://github.com/NaturalHistoryMuseum/ckanext-list.git

2. Activate the virtual env:

. $INSTALL_FOLDER/bin/activate

3. Install the requirements from requirements.txt:

cd $INSTALL_FOLDER/src/ckanext-list
pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run setup.py:

cd $INSTALL_FOLDER/src/ckanext-list
python setup.py develop

5. Add 'list' to the list of plugins in your $CONFIG_FILE:

ckan.plugins = ... list

Configuration

There are currently no options that can be specified in your .ini config file.

Usage

To use the view in a template:

<div data-module="list"
     data-module-resource = "{{ h.dump_json(resource_json) }}"
     data-module-resource-view = "{{ h.dump_json(resource_view_json) }}">
</div>

{% resource 'ckanext-list/main' %}

Testing

There is a Docker compose configuration available in this repository to make it easier to run tests.

To run the tests against ckan 2.9.x on Python3:

1. Build the required images

docker-compose build

2. Then run the tests. The root of the repository is mounted into the ckan container as a volume by the Docker compose configuration, so you should only need to rebuild the ckan image if you change the extension's dependencies.

docker-compose run ckan

The ckan image uses the Dockerfile in the docker/ folder.