[ckan-dev] Link to URL and Link to API

[David Read]

David,
Good point - please do help by submitting a pull request for the
documentation with an updated screenshot.
David

On 15 October 2014 12:02, Divilly, David <ddivilly at qti.qualcomm.com> wrote:
> Hi David
>
> Thank you for pointing this out.
> Not missing the original visualization, but want to clear-up a question that came from a colleague who had used an earlier version of CKAN.
>
> The current documentation from http://docs.ckan.org/ still shows the older appearance in screenshots, with two individual button for a URL and API.
>
> David Divilly
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ckan-dev [mailto:ckan-dev-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of David Read
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 10:39 AM
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> Subject: Re: [ckan-dev] Link to URL and Link to API
>
> David,
>
> Yes, I think this is the change:
> https://github.com/ckan/ckan/commit/2ec5fcfc934d08be502af27d3459400394cd030f#diff-b47d50cb537e5d205a50ac9666e9f193
>
> which indeed went into CKAN 2.2. I imagine having the separate Link buttons, as well as Upload, was considered confusing. However I think it is v. useful to know if a URL is for download or an API - I believe resource_type was used to store the difference - see:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20517915/what-is-the-difference-of-link-to-a-file-and-link-to-an-api-in-ckan
>
> You're implying you miss this - it would be good to know your reasoning.
>
> David
>
> On 13 October 2014 17:21, Divilly, David <ddivilly at qti.qualcomm.com> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>>
>>
>> We have upgraded CKAN from 2.0.4 to 2.2 and when adding a dataset no
>> longer see the “Link to an API” button at the top, just “Upload” and “Link” .
>>
>> When I hover over the "Link" it says "Link to a URL or API" .
>>
>> Could someone confirm for me that "Link to a File/API" has been merged
>> under this one button as I can find no information in the
>> documentation or online to say this is now the case.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> David Divilly
>>
>>
>>
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