datacite 1.1.1

Python API wrapper for the DataCite Metadata Store API.

About

Python API wrapper for the DataCite Metadata Store API and DataCite XML generation.

Installation

The datacite package is on PyPI so all you need is:

pip install datacite

Documentation

Documentation is readable at http://datacite.readthedocs.io/ or can be built using Sphinx:

pip install datacite[docs]
python setup.py build_sphinx

Testing

Running the test suite is as simple as:

pip install -e .[all]
./run-tests.sh

If you’re using zsh, use this pip command instead:

pip install -e .’[all]’

Some tests require a DataCite Test Account. Set the following environment variables $DATACITE_USER, $DATACITE_PW, $DATACITE_PREFIX with your account information for doi.test.datacite.org and run:

./run-tests-pw.sh

Changes

Version v1.1.1 (released 2021-04-20):

• Fixes DataCiteRESTClient attributes’ type. Prefix, username and password are always cast to string.

Version v1.1.0 (released 2021-04-15):

• Adds full support for DataCite Metadata Schema v4.2 and v4.3 XML generation.

• Uses Official DataCite JSON Schema, which has the following notable changes from the previous schema:

  • Uses “identifiers” which is a combination of the XML “identifier” and “alternativeIdentifiers” elements

  • “creatorName” is now “name”

  • “contributorName” is now “name”

  • “affiliations” is now “affiliation” (is still an array)

  • “affilition” is now “name”

  • There is no longer a funder identifier object (the identifier and type are just elements)

• Removes Python 2 support

• Removes the old way of testing with DataCite: test mode for the MDS APIs and the test DOI 10.5072

Version v1.0.1 (released 2018-03-08):

• Fixes schema location url for DataCite v4.1

Version v1.0.0 (released 2018-02-28):

• Adds full support for DataCite Metadata Schema v4.1 XML generation.

Version v0.3.0 (released 2016-11-18):

• Adds full support for DataCite Metadata Schema v4.0 XML generation.

• Adds the message from the server in the error exceptions.

Version v0.2.2 (released 2016-09-23):

• Fixes issue with generated order of nameIdentifier and affiliation tags.

Version v0.2.1 (released 2016-03-29):

• Fixes issue with JSON schemas not being included when installing from PyPI.

Version v0.2.0 (released 2016-03-21):

• Adds DataCite XML generation support.

Version 0.1 (released 2015-02-25):

• Initial public release.