[ckan-dev] Scheming validators not updating dataset metadata issue

[Ian Ward]

The dataset "organization" field gets populated automatically by CKAN
based on owner_org, it's not a field you can store your own values in.

You should be able to use an output_validator in your schema to modify
the organization details returned, but if you need to store another
value please use an id other than "organization"

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:20 PM, Grant Paton-Simpson
<grantps at catalyst.net.nz> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Apologies if my question is really basic. I'm new to the mailing list as
> I've just begun working with CKAN for the New Zealand open government
> data initiative.
>
> It seems I have a problem with the scheming extension. Even though my
> dataset and resource metadata fields are displaying correctly in the
> display and edit pages my custom validators don't seem to alter the
> metadata (whether harvesting or updating). The custom validators are
> being called and the log shows that the key, data, errors, and context
> values are as they should be. But the data remains unchanged. Anything
> obvious I'm missing?
>
> Here is an extract from the schema.json file I've set scheming to use:
>
>     {
>       "field_name": "organization",
>       "label": "Organisation",
>       "validators": "ignore_missing add_eggs_and_spam"
>     }
>
> Here is the test validator I've added to
> /usr/lib/ckan/default/src/ckan/ckan/logic/converters.py. I put it there
> temporarily to ensure it is called:
>
> def add_eggs_and_spam(key, data, errors, context):
>     warn = logging.warning
>     warn("Calling add_eggs_and_spam")
>     warn("key is {}".format(key))
>     warn("data is {}".format(data))
>     warn("value is {}".format(data.get(key)))
>     #warn("errors is {}".format(errors))
>     #warn("context is {}".format(context))
>     warn("keys BEFORE {}".format(sorted(data.keys())))
>     data[key] = "eggs and spam"
>     warn("keys AFTER {}".format(sorted(data.keys())))
>
> Here are example log results proving it is being called:
>
> Calling add_eggs_and_spam
> key is (u'organization',)
> data is {('extras', 4, 'key'): ...
> ...
>
> Related note - I am able to alter data via the Manager > Update Dataset
> button but not all fields update. Some do, a couple don't (e.g.
> organization).
>
> Any ideas? Hopefully the problem is something simple and obvious :-)
>
> All the best,
> Grant
>
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