[ckan-dev] Why do related_list and related_show return values have a different format?

Thu Mar 7 17:53:45 UTC 2013

Hi,

Is there a rationale on the different return value formats of libckan.logic.action.get.related_list and libckan.logic.action.get.related_show?

I've just noticed the following while developing libckan.

This is what libckan.logic.action.get.related_list of "test-bus-stop"  in beta.ckan.org returns (one related item omitted)
{
u'view_count': 1, 
u'description': u'This is Bands in Town, always related...', 
u'created': u'2013-03-05T18:11:41.458691', 
u'url': u'http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/bandsintown', 
u'title': u'Bands in Town', 
u'featured': 0, 
u'image_url': u'', 
u'type': u'api',
u'id': u'537504c0-711a-4f17-9580-b0c130fdc1d4', 
u'owner_id': u'd545a711-8fd4-4023-869e-815b86cd2002'
}

This is what libckan.logic.action.get.related_show of '537504c0-711a-4f17-9580-b0c130fdc1d4' (the previous item)  returns:
{
u'__extras': {u'view_count': 1},
u'description': u'This is Bands in Town, always related...', 
u'url': u'http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/bandsintown',
u'title': u'Bands in Town', 
u'featured': 0,
u'image_url': u'',
u'type': u'api', 
u'id': u'537504c0-711a-4f17-9580-b0c130fdc1d4',
u'owner_id': u'd545a711-8fd4-4023-869e-815b86cd2002'
}

In the second case, 'view_count' is in the '__extras' field, while 'created' is missing.

Cheers,
--Daniel Graziotin