[ckan-dev] Group Addition

Tue Dec 3 16:20:28 UTC 2013

Georgios, 

I put together an example of a Python script that will use the CKAN API to purge a group for you.  

https://gist.github.com/fawcett/7772061

It does require that you install the third-party ckanapi Python module (https://github.com/open-data/ckanapi).  You will also have to edit the script to set the correct values for your site URL, the API key of a sysadmin user, and the name of the group to be purged.

David. 

-----Original Message-----
From: ckan-dev [mailto:ckan-dev-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Dimitrakakis Georgios
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 3:57 AM
To: ckan-dev at lists.okfn.org
Subject: Re: [ckan-dev] Group Addition

I totally agree with you! Deleting from the database is working but it's too complex.

Can someone help me a little bit with the API and the specific command?

I mean what do I have to type and where in order to PURGE a group "test"?

Best,

G.

> If you are using a recent version of CKAN, there is the API route for 
> purging groups:
> http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/api.html#ckan.logic.action.delete.group
> _purge
>
> I hesitate to suggest direct interaction with the database (not going 
> through the API), but I have done this a few times to deal with an 
> issue like this.  You don't want to try deleting records because of 
> the complexity, but you could use an update statement to change the 
> name of the 'deleted' group.  This would fix the issue with the unique 
> constraint on the group name.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ckan-dev [mailto:ckan-dev-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of 
> Dimitrakakis Georgios
> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 8:57 AM
> To: ckan-dev at lists.okfn.org
> Subject: [ckan-dev] Group Addition
>
> Dear all,
>
> I am trying to add a new group at a CKAN installation! The name of the 
> Group did exist in the past but it was deleted!
> Therefore, I was expecting that I would be able to create it again.  
> To my surprise when I try to create the group I am getting the 
> following
> error: "Group name already exists in database" and in order to 
> complete the creation succesfully I have to change the URL of the 
> group to something different.
> Am I missing something obvious or this is the intended way ??
>
> Best,
>
> G.
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