oarepo-config 1.0.1

Helper library for writing a clean, high-level invenio.cfg for OARepo/Invenio-RDM based repositories

oarepo-config

Helper library for writing a clean, high-level invenio.cfg for OARepo/Invenio-RDM based repositories. Instead of hand-assembling dozens of Flask/Invenio config constants, invenio.cfg calls a small number of configure_*() functions; each one computes a group of related settings and writes them directly into invenio.cfg's own configuration, as if you had set them by hand.

📖 Full documentation — API reference (every parameter and every Invenio variable each function sets), environment variables, call ordering, a full example, and how the package works internally.

Installation

pip install oarepo-config

It is normally pulled in transitively as part of an oarepo-app installation, but can also be used standalone. Requires Python 3.14 and oarepo[rdm,tests] 14.x (see pyproject.toml).

Quick start

# invenio.cfg
import oarepo_config as config
from invenio_i18n import lazy_gettext as _

config.initialize_i18n()

config.configure_generic_parameters(
    languages=(("cs", _("Czech")),),
)

config.configure_ui(
    code="myrepo",
    name=_("My Repository"),
    description=_("Description of my repository"),
)

config.configure_communities()
config.configure_cron()
config.configure_stats()

# Feel free to add/override plain CONFIG_VARIABLE = value assignments
# below, or wrap them with config.override_configuration() to source them
# from the environment.

Values are read from a variables/.env file or the process environment (INVENIO_*) — see Configuration sources and precedence for the loading rules, and Ordering for why the calls above are in this order.

Functions

Call these directly at module level in invenio.cfg (see how it works internally for why). Click a function for its full parameter docs and the exact list of Invenio config variables it sets.

Function	What it does
initialize_i18n()	Enable translated validation error messages.
initialize_glitchtip(dsn=None, deployment_version=None)	Set up error reporting to Glitchtip/Sentry (optional dependency).
configure_generic_parameters(languages=..., use_path_pid_ids=False)	Core infrastructure: URLs, security headers, login, database, S3, OpenSearch, Redis, Celery, secret key, default identifier/vocabulary schemes. Call this first.
configure_ui(code=..., name=..., ...)	Branding, theme, page templates, front page and analytics.
configure_communities(communities_roles=None)	Community roles and who can do what inside a community.
configure_workflows(*workflow_definitions, ...)	Set up submission/review workflows from IndividualWorkflow/CommunityWorkflow definitions. Preferred over register_workflow() for most repositories.
register_workflow(workflow_code, workflow_name, permissions_policy, requests_policy)	Low-level, single-workflow building block; registers one workflow directly instead of going through configure_workflows(). Warns by default recommending configure_workflows() instead - pass use_low_level_workflows=True to silence it.
configure_cron(**extra_cron_items)	Scheduled background jobs (CELERY_BEAT_SCHEDULE).
configure_stats(enable=True)	Usage statistics (record views, downloads, ...).
configure_vocabulary(code, **kwargs)	Declare a custom controlled vocabulary.
configure_datastreams(readers=None, writers=None, transformers=None)	Register custom vocabulary-import sources.
configure_jobs(permission_policy=None, logging_level=None)	Who can view "Jobs" admin logs, and how verbose they are.
configure_oai()	OAI-PMH repository name. Call after configure_ui().
configure_einfra_oidc()	"Log in with e-INFRA" (CESNET/Perun) single sign-on.
add_model(model_package_name)	Register a data model for global/cross-model search.
load_configuration_variables()	Read the deployment's INVENIO_... configuration values.
override_configuration(env=None)	Set arbitrary config constants straight from INVENIO_<X> env vars.

Documentation

The full documentation site covers everything that doesn't fit here: the complete environment variable reference, call-ordering rules, a full production invenio.cfg example, and how the "write into invenio.cfg's globals" mechanism works internally. Build it locally with ./docs/build.sh (add --open or --serve).