[ckan-dev] Harvest extension update files

Wed Nov 20 08:13:42 UTC 2013

OK!

I will try datastore option.

Thanks!

On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Adrià Mercader <adria.mercader at okfn.org>wrote:

> Hi Isabel,
>
> The harvester extension does not import remote data, just metadata
> from other catalogs, that is it won't download a file, just import the
> title, description, etc around it.
>
> I don't think there is a way in CKAN to automatically update an
> uploaded file. I think you will have to write a separate application
> that updates the actual files and removes the old ones, and perhaps
> later call the CKAN API to update the resource metadata (eg file size,
> last updated, etc).
>
> I know that other users on the list have explored using the datastore
> to store real-time data, that might be another front you could
> explore.
>
> Adrià
>
> On 13 November 2013 12:08, Isabel Ruiz <isaruizmellado at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi !
> >
> > We are running ckan 2.1a in Ubuntu 12.04.
> >
> > We have many resources files uploaded on ckan (using "upload a file"
> option
> > on resources upload).
> >
> > Some of our resources have information, that must be updated every five
> > minutes (for example, bike sharing available in the city) . Obviously, we
> > cannot update this file manually.
> >
> > So, we need a process which: collects the file and replaces ckan file
> (for
> > example, we need upload a new file containing actual bike sharing
> available,
> > older file must be deleted or replaced).
> >
> > We have read ckan docs and harvest extension collected another ckan
> files.
> >
> > My questions are: Can harvest extension collected files I need? Can we
> use
> > harvest extension?
> >
> > If the answer is "Yes"... do you have any example which can help us?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
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> >
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