[ckan-dev] Adding custom metadata fields

Tue Jan 7 08:25:49 UTC 2014

Hello Athos,

If you were look at
https://github.com/okfn/ckan/blob/release-v2.0/ckanext/example_idatasetform/plugin.py,
you'll see ExampleIDatasetFormPlugin. That is what you should put in the
place of YOURPLUGIN

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On 6 January 2014 21:28, Athos Georgiou <ag242 at st-andrews.ac.uk> wrote:

>  Hello,
>
>
>
> Over the past few weeks I have been trying to find extensions to allow the
> addition of custom metadata fields in CKAN. One I have found is explaining
> how to create the extension itself which is then pushed to git and then
> installed on our CKAN Server. (OKFN How-to-Add-Custom-Fields-to-CKAN-2.0)
>
>
>
> My main issue is at the instructions below:
>
> Modify the setup.py file in your top-level directory. Under where it says
> Add Plugins here, uncomment and update:
>
> [ckan.plugins]
>
> # Add plugins here, eg
>
> MYEXTENSION=ckanext.MYEXTENSION.plugin:YOURPLUGIN
>
> """
>
>  Replace MYEXTENSION with the exact same value as your MYEXTENSION
> directory name from above. Replace YOURPLUGIN with the name of the plugin
> class inside plugin.py, e.g.
>
> usmetadata=ckanext.usmetadata.plugin:USMetadataPlugin
>
>
>
> I can’t seem to find the line in my plugin.py file which shows the name of
> the plugin class. In other words…So, I’m not sure what goes into the “YOURPLUGIN”
> field.
>
>
>
> Also, is there any other supported extension that can be installed in
> fewer steps?
>
>
>
>
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
> *Athos Georgiou*
>
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