[ECODP-dev] Question concerning the CKAN API

[Darwin Peltan]

Hi Norbert,

Sorry for the delayed response. CKAN has a datastore which can be used to
store tabular resources directly so they can be queried via the CKAN API.
However it was decided earlier in the project not to use the datastore in
this project so it's not currently enabled so publishers can ignore this
field. We will look into whether we can remove this field from the form
during the next release.

The purpose of the API is to allow developers and other catalogues to query
the catalogue programatically. The CKAN API would normally be available at
http://open-data.europa.eu/data/api but has been temporarily blocked
pending the security upgrade. (Note we would recommend just blocking the
specific items we noted rather than the whole API)

The API doesn't display the legal notice. CKAN's API documentation (for
developers) is here
http://docs.ckan.org/en/ckan-1.8/api.html and you can experiment with the
API working in the meantime on 10F's test site
http://odp.tenforce.com/data/api/

Please just let me know if you have any other questions on this.

Best,

Darwin

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On 7 August 2013 12:03, HOHN Norbert (OP) <
Norbert.HOHN at publications.europa.eu> wrote:

>  Hi Darwin, sorry to be pushy on this issue, but I would need to respond
> today to the question raised below by one of our customers.
> Regards,
> Norbert
>
>
>
> _____________________________________________
> *From:* HOHN Norbert (OP)
> *Sent:* Monday, August 05, 2013 12:03 PM
> *To:* Darwin Peltan (darwin.peltan at okfn.org)
> *Cc:* jurgen vannerom (jurgen.vannerom at tenforce.com);
> Bert.Van.Nuffelen at tenforce.com; ISOARD Olivier (OP); BARGIOTTI Leda (OP);
> ZAJAC Agnieszka (OP); PASTOR CAMARASA José Juan (OP)
>
> *Subject:* Question concerning the CKAN API
>
>
> Dear Darwin,
>
> A data provider has raised the question below concerning the following
> statement/tickbox in the data providers' area: “*DataStore table and Data
> API should be enabled for this resource?*” :
>
> Question: By confirming the box, the metadata will be available in the
> CKAN API. What is the URL of this API, which users will be able to access
> the API and how? Will the legal notice be visible?
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Norbert
>
>
>
> *Norbert HOHN
> **Head of Open Data Portal sector
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> Common Portal and Open Data Portal Unit
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> *http://publications.europa.eu* <http://publications.europa.eu/>
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>
>
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