[ckan-dev] Shared access to the database

Tue Sep 17 16:53:34 UTC 2013

Hi Sean,

Thanks a lot for directions and advices.

I will review CkanClient. I'm already using it, or code derived from it, 
to be more precise, but I'm performing calls over the network.
I will try to call directly, as you had pointed out.

Cheers :)

Richard Gomes
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On 17/09/13 16:24, Sean Hammond wrote:
>> Also, performing a service call over the network costs obviously
>> more than calling SQLAlchemy functions directly.
>> Performance would not be a problem initially, but it would impact
>> scalability later. And I wouldn't like to redesign the application
>> later.
> Just to say that this CKAN client can call CKAN action functions
> directly when your Python code is running on the same server as CKAN is,
> instead of making HTTP requests:
>
> https://github.com/open-data/ckanapi
>
> I'm not sure how well tested this is, it's possible that some CKAN
> action functions may fail if they're called without an HTTP request, but
> worth a try.
>
> It's really much better to call CKAN's action functions, having your
> code access CKAN's model directly is likely to create problems.
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