[ckan-dev] tags

Mon Mar 17 10:37:42 UTC 2014

Thank you Nigel, that is what I was trying to do.

I had to run package_show so to get the metadata, modify the ones that I
needed and then use package_update.

A package_update_partial sounds good but I understand it's not a real
priority compared maybe with other things that can be done.

On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 6:00 AM, Nigel Babu <nigel.babu at okfn.org> wrote:

> I would recommend not calling the package_update API directly. It would be
> better to call package_show, update the result, and then pass that into
> package_update. There are plans to have a package_update_partial endpoint,
> which let you make a change without pulling the whole package dict, but
> nobody has gotten around to it.
>
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> On 15 March 2014 15:13, Fabrizio Fornari <ckanappoggio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I managed to add tags, I was mistaking the syntax. But I would like to
>> know how I can update the package leaving the other fields the same.
>>
>> If I update only the tags without specifying anything else, the result is
>> that everything is blank excepted for the fields that I actually updated
>> (in this case the tags). Is there a way to maintain the other fields while
>> updating? More specifically, If I want just to add another tag to the list
>> of tags what should I do?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Fabrizio Fornari <ckanappoggio at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> I am trying to add new tags to a package.
>>>
>>> I am using httpie and I am calling package_update; for fields like
>>> author maintainer etc it's ok but I can't understand which is the syntax
>>> for adding tags.
>>>
>>> What should I type to add new tags to a package?
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>> - Fabrizio
>>>
>>
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