[ckan-dev] Linking data sources

Fri Oct 21 18:49:35 UTC 2016

Hi Jim,
Is it an option for you to create the resources inside a dataset, and use
package_create? I know that that works without file content in the
resources.

-Matt

On 21 October 2016 at 18:26, O'Leary, Jim <jim.oleary at vancouver.ca> wrote:

> The document page for CKAN says: “CKAN can store the resource internally,
> or store it simply as a link “. However, when I put a resource up to CKAN
> using the resource_create, the link is always to where the data are stored
> on the server. If I try to put up the resource without specifying “upload =
> “ I get an error.
>
>
>
> I have made a custom parameter called “unc_path” and here I can put in the
> UNC path to the resource on our network. However, the path is not linked
> and is only visible when you click “Show more” at the bottom of our page.
>
>
>
> Is there a way to get the link into the URL and have it showing on the
> front page of the resource?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim
>
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