[okfn-help] openbiblio update from 2010-09-22 catch up

Tue Sep 28 11:25:18 BST 2010

On Thu, 2010-09-23 at 18:18 +0100, Rufus Pollock wrote:
> > Would it make sense for OFS to include a method that returns a direct
> > URL for a given bucket/label? eg:
> >
> > ofs.get_url(bucket, label) --->
> 
> I think that would be useful, yes ...
> 
> > pairtree backed ofs returns "file:///...."
> >

I've implemented the changes in http://bitbucket.org/okfn/ofs - to use
it with local storage will require the latest pairtree client (0.6.1-T)
which includes code and tests needed to support get_url.

Friedrich, I wasn't sure how to get boto to return a plain URL, without
auth credentials - I believe the following method from the connection
should do it, but I am unsure how to use it without relaying private
auth details in the URL:

generate_url(expires_in, method, bucket='', key='',
                     query_auth=True, force_http=False):

> > Amazon S3, etc ofs returns "http://..."
> >
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > PS I've been musing whether or not a pairtree-via-FTP OFS backend would
> > be a useful. I think it might be, but would like to hear otherwise :)
> 
> Couldn't this go through repod (the rest store webapp friedrich has built ...)?
> 
> > PPS still having trouble getting a working python client for Riak -
> > there is something screwy with versions - anyone got a tried and tested
> > setup who can tell me the version numbers of client and server?
> 
> Hmmm. I will take a look and see if I can get it working. I know i had
> problems once they upgraded to used protocol buffers.
> 
> Rufus