[ECODP-dev] Question concerning the CKAN API

Wed Aug 7 11:41:07 UTC 2013

Hi Darwin, thanks for the prompt reply. I think that this is more than sufficient.
Regards,
Norbert

Norbert HOHN
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From: Darwin Peltan [mailto:darwin.peltan at okfn.org]
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 1:40 PM
To: HOHN Norbert (OP); Project list for EC ODP CKAN project
Cc: ISOARD Olivier (OP); ZAJAC Agnieszka (OP)
Subject: Re: Question concerning the CKAN API

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<mailto: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

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From: HOHN Norbert (OP)
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 12:03 PM
To: Darwin Peltan (darwin.peltan at okfn.org<mailto:darwin.peltan at okfn.org>)
Cc: jurgen vannerom (jurgen.vannerom at tenforce.com<mailto:jurgen.vannerom at tenforce.com>); Bert.Van.Nuffelen at tenforce.com<mailto: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
_________________
Publications Office of the European Union
Dissemination and Reuse Directorate
Common Portal and Open Data Portal Unit

2985 Luxembourg • LUXEMBOURG
Tel: +352 2929 44586<tel:%2B352%202929%2044586> • Fax: +352 2929 44085<tel:%2B352%202929%2044085>
norbert.hohn at publications.europa.eu<mailto:norbert.hohn at publications.europa.eu>
http://publications.europa.eu<http://publications.europa.eu/>

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