[ckan-dev] CKAN GeoJSON preview triggers internal server error on extension .geojson - use .json

Thu Feb 27 05:31:40 UTC 2014

Thanks Florian for the pull request!

We'll respond to it at the dev meeting later today.

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On 27 February 2014 07:21, Florian May <florian.wendelin.mayer at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> here's an embarrassing pitfall I'd like to share re GeoJSON preview.
> Attaching a GeoJSON file as a resource with the perfectly legal file
> extension ".geojson" will trigger an internal server error on retrieval of
> the file, making both download and preview impossible.
>
> The embarrassingly simple solution was to use the extension ".json" for
> GeoJSON files, but still register them as format "geojson" in the "attach
> resource" form. All error messages (logs, firebug, request headers) were
> absolutely not helpful, and web searches didn't get me onto the right path
> either.
>
> Seems others have run into the same error just now:
> https://github.com/ckan/ckan/issues/1534
>
> A simple note to use .json for GeoJSON resources in the user guide might
> go a long way though, as normal end users are not likely to discover the
> above github issue. I've submitted this change to the user docs as pull
> request https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/1553
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Cheers,
> Florian
>
> Dept Parks and Wildlife, WA
> http://data-demo.dpaw.wa.gov.au/
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