[okfn-labs] Maker Nights

Tue Nov 19 20:08:36 UTC 2013

Yah, I understand Now :) , this is an approche And The Api caller can build csv
files based on The json response :
{
    "event": {
        "type": "National",
        "description": "22 apr 2009 national election"
    },
    "voting_district": {
        "code": "10590006",
        "ward": "http://iec.code4sa.org/wards/1/"
    },
    "party": {
        "name": "A PARTY"
    },
    "votes": 0
},
{
    "event": {
        "type": "National",
        "description": "22 apr 2009 national election"
    },
    "voting_district": {
        "code": "10590006",
        "ward": "http://iec.code4sa.org/wards/1/"
    },
    "party": {
        "name": "AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY"
    },
    "votes": 9
}

But for our use case I prefer juste something like that , because as
you can see there are some reondances between two even  items
( code for exemple).I prefer a json response like that.

{
   "type": "National",
   "resource_url" : "/path/to/download/file/",
   "licence" : "GPL",
   "extras" : ""
}
And perhaps some others usefulls informations like the #licences#
and /or informations about the #data providers# .

--Ad

2013/11/19 Adi Eyal <adi at code4sa.org>:
> For the current toy API that you're looking at, I have only included
> the 2009 general elections. We've had 4 general elections and 4
> municipal elections since 1994 so there are more sources to add. The
> documentation is lacking but you can find the original source file if
> you poke around
> https://github.com/Code4SA/elections-api/blob/master/fabfile.py.
>
> Do you think that
> http://localhost:8000/results/?voting_district=10590006 currently
> returns a paginated json file - e.g.
> http://iec.code4sa.org/results/?voting_district=10590006. Is that what
> you mean? Or do you think an actual flattened csv file might also be
> useful?
>
> Adi
>
> On 19 November 2013 21:31, Alioune Dia <dia.aliounes at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi  adieyal ,
>> Yes !,  but I  imagine we can have more than one data files depending
>> to your model  design .  I hope  that calling
>> http://localhost:8000/results/?voting_district=10590006
>> for exemple can return a resource (csv /xls file)  for download?
>> --Ad
>>
>> 2013/11/19 Adi Eyal <adi at code4sa.org>:
>>> Hi Alioune
>>>
>>> Do you mean the original data file?
>>>
>>> Adi
>>>
>>> On 19 November 2013 20:40, Alioune Dia <dia.aliounes at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi  adieyal ,
>>>>
>>>> I think It would be interresting to link some resources to the existing model
>>>> What about the linked resource that someone can download .I asked this
>>>> question because I don't see anything  In the model defintion here
>>>> https://github.com/Code4SA/elections-api/blob/master/server/iec/models.py
>>>> .Perhaps i missed something ?
>>>> --Ad
>>>>
>>>> 2013/11/18 Adi Eyal <adi at code4sa.org>:
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> So I've been holding a bunch of weekly Thursday night meet-ups, four
>>>>> so far. I call them unhackathons though Rufus introduced me to Maker
>>>>> Nights (which is a cool name) I might change it to that. Similar to
>>>>> the Maker Nights, I've been trying to create a community of
>>>>> practitioners who actually do stuff. Unfortunatelym I find it quite
>>>>> difficult to get buy-in. We've had a few interesting meet-ups where
>>>>> people have come and demonstrated work that they've or we discussed
>>>>> various ideas around data, but it hasn't amounted to much. I'm not
>>>>> quite sure how to transition to actual code writing. I've put together
>>>>> a couple of projects, [1], [2] for people to contribute to. The latter
>>>>> is an API on top of existing elections data which I thought would be
>>>>> useful infrastructure for a family of interesting elections related
>>>>> applications. I've also put together an ideas board to post ideas on
>>>>> [3]. There just seems to be a hump that I'm struggling to overcome,
>>>>> moving from talking to doing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Community building is quite tough and I would appreciate any advice
>>>>> this list has regarding how to make it happen.
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] https://github.com/Code4SA/medicine-price-registry
>>>>> [2] https://github.com/Code4SA/elections-api
>>>>> [3] http://code4sa.hackdash.org/
>>>>>
>>>>> Adi
>>>>>
>>>>> On 18 November 2013 18:26, todd.d.robbins at gmail.com
>>>>> <todd.d.robbins at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> What do you have in mind Adi?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 5:19 AM, Adi Eyal <adi at code4sa.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi All
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Apologies for the stupid question but does this mailing list also
>>>>>>> cater for discussions on Maker Nights? I'm in need of advice.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Adi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Adi Eyal
>>>>>>> Director
>>>>>>> Code for South Africa
>>>>>>> Promoting informed decision-making
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> phone: +27 78 014 2469
>>>>>>> skype: adieyalcas
>>>>>>> linkedin: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Adi/Eyal
>>>>>>> web: http://www.code4sa.org
>>>>>>> twitter: @soapsudtycoon
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> in South Africa, go to: http://www.code4sa.org/#community
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Tod Robbins
>>>>>> Digital Asset Manager, MLIS
>>>>>> todrobbins.com | @todrobbins
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Adi Eyal
>>>>> Director
>>>>> Code for South Africa
>>>>> Promoting informed decision-making
>>>>>
>>>>> phone: +27 78 014 2469
>>>>> skype: adieyalcas
>>>>> linkedin: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Adi/Eyal
>>>>> web: http://www.code4sa.org
>>>>> twitter: @soapsudtycoon
>>>>>
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>>>>> in South Africa, go to: http://www.code4sa.org/#community
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>>> --
>>> Adi Eyal
>>> Director
>>> Code for South Africa
>>> Promoting informed decision-making
>>>
>>> phone: +27 78 014 2469
>>> skype: adieyalcas
>>> linkedin: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Adi/Eyal
>>> web: http://www.code4sa.org
>>> twitter: @soapsudtycoon
>>>
>>> For more information on how to participate in the open data community
>>> in South Africa, go to: http://www.code4sa.org/#community
>
>
>
> --
> Adi Eyal
> Director
> Code for South Africa
> Promoting informed decision-making
>
> phone: +27 78 014 2469
> skype: adieyalcas
> linkedin: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Adi/Eyal
> web: http://www.code4sa.org
> twitter: @soapsudtycoon
>
> For more information on how to participate in the open data community
> in South Africa, go to: http://www.code4sa.org/#community