[ckan-discuss] ckan import

[Rufus Pollock]

We have also have written auto importers to import from csv, excel,
google docs. Anything that be can convert to a simple json dict like
the one you get out of the API [1] can be imported (you can just post
to the REST API endpoint ...).

Rufus

[1]: http://ckan.net/api/rest/package/ukgov-25k-spending

On 23 May 2011 10:27, David Read <david.read at okfn.org> wrote:
> Sam,
>
> We directly import records in JSON, although have harvesters in CSW/ISO19139.
>
> David
>
> On 23 May 2011 09:17, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org> wrote:
>> Hi Sam,
>>
>> Cc'ing CKAN-discuss. They will be able to give you a good answer and
>> then it will benefit anyone on the list who is wondering the same
>> thing!
>>
>> Lovely to meet you too!
>>
>> Lucy
>>
>> On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Sam Smith <S at msmith.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> is there an format that CKAN can be given metadata in, which it will
>>> use to populate a CKAN entry.... ?
>>>
>>>
>>> lovely to see you both yesterday
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Sam
>>>
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>>> it's a death march.
>>>
>>
>>
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