{22} Trac tickets (2647 matches)

1. Visitor starts editing a package (or creates a new package)
2. Visitor logs in before previewing or committing
3. Visitor is an admin (or sysadmin)
4. Preview or commit fails

Reason (conjecture): the form we use for package editing is now dependent on whether you have admin privileges (we allow editing of state by admins). When you login the old form is now incorrect and this results in the formalchemy fieldset breaking.

​http://ckan.net/group/publicdomain has:

"There is 16 package in this group. There are 16 packages in this group."

Review what chunks of code we have and how to move forward with requirements.

Requirements:

• Bulk parsing is done away from the CKAN server

Possible future requirements:

• /importer for importing spreadsheets in WUI
• validation-light - 'scoring' a package

Current importers:

• /importer controller uses: PackageImporter?, form, PackageSaver?
• loader uses: package_importer -> API
• API uses: form, PackageSaver?

Modules

• package_importer:
  • xls/csv --SpreadsheetData?--> table
  • table --DataRecords?--> records
  • records --PackageImporter?--> pkg_dicts

• pkg_dict --form--> fs & validation
• fs --PackageSaver?--> package

Should return something sensible (currently reports an error).

Simon has spotted 31 packages whose resources have disappeared in CKAN, but still appear in the Drupal front-end.

Here are the details:

• in CKAN's package view (in web interface, API and dump) no resources display
• but they WERE created in CKAN, as shown by the revision diffs.
• they are in the Drupal front-end

So these resources must have been in the CKAN API at some point and then disappeared without trace/revision to alert Drupal.

Packages affected: anti-social-behaviour-orders-1999-2007 asylum-applications-jan-mar-2009 control-of-immigration-quarterly-statistical-summary-united-kingdom-2009-october-december coroners-statistics-england-and-wales courts-statistics-user-survey-england-and-wales court-statistics-company-insolvency-and-bankruptcy-england-and-wales court-statistics-england-and-wales court-statistics-mortages-and-landlord-possession-england-and-wales crime-in-england-and-wales crime-statistics-local-reoffending-england-and-wales crime-statistics-prison-and-probation-england-and-wales crime-statistics-reoffending-of-adults-england-and-wales crime-statistics-reoffending-of-juvenilles-england-and-wales data_gov_uk-datasets digest-uk-energy-statistics-2008 directgov-central-hottest-pages-monthly directgov-central-internal-search-terms-monthly directgov-section-visits-monthly electricity-consumption-2007 electricity-gas-consumption-2007 energy-consumption-uk-2008 final-energy-consumption-2007 foi-statistics-uk-central-government fuel-poverty-statistics-2007 gas-consumption-2007 gb-reported-bicycling-accidents gb-road-traffic-counts gb-traffic-matrix greenhouse-gas-emissions-2008 high-level-indicators-energy-use-2006 judicial-and-court-statistics-england-and-wales laboratory-tests-and-prices local-authority-carbon-dioxide-emissions-2007 magistrates-courts-statistics-survey-england-and-wales monthly-energy-prices monthly-energy-trends ni_012_refused_and_deferred_houses_in_multiple_occupation_hmos_licence_applications_leading_to_immig ni_013_migrants_english_language_skills_and_knowledge ni_023_perceptions_that_people_in_the_area_treat_one_another_with_respect_and_consideration ni_024_satisfaction_with_the_way_the_police_and_local_council_dealt_with_anti-social_behaviour ni_025_satisfaction_of_different_groups_with_the_way_the_police_and_local_council_dealt_with_anti-so ni_026_specialist_support_to_victims_of_a_serious_sexual_offence ni_029_gun_crime_rate ni_031_re-offending_rate_of_registered_sex_offenders ni_032_repeat_incidents_of_domestic_violence ni_034_domestic_violence_-_murder ni_036_protection_against_terrorist_attack ni_038_drug_related_class_a_offending_rate ni_078_reduction_in_number_of_schools_where_fewer_than_30_of_pupils_achieve_5_or_more_a-_c_grades_at ni_101_looked_after_children_achieving_5_a-c_gcses_or_equivalent_at_key_stage_4_including_english_an ni_109_delivery_of_sure_start_childrens_centres ni_126_early_access_for_women_to_maternity_services ni_127_self_reported_experience_of_social_care_users ni_128_user_reported_measure_of_respect_and_dignity_in_their_treatment ni_181_time_taken_to_process_housing_benefit-council_tax_benefit_new_claims_and_change_events ni_184_food_establishments_in_the_area_which_are_broadly_compliant_with_food_hygiene_law ni_185_co2_reduction_from_local_authority_operations ni_190_achievement_in_meeting_standards_for_the_control_system_for_animal_health ni_194_air_quality_-_reduction_in_nox_and_primary_pm10_emissions_through_local_authorities_estate_an other-fuels-consumption-2006 police-use-firearms-england-wales-2007-2008 prison-end-of-custody-licence-releases-and-recalls-england-and-wales prison-population-england-and-wales probation-offender-management-caseload-statistics-england-and-wales probation-statistics-quarterly-brief-england-and-wales quality-indicators-energy-data-2007 quarterly-energy-prices quarterly-energy-trends road-transport-energy-consumption-2007 sentencing-statistics-england-and-wales statistics-terrorism-arrests-outcomes-2001-2008 ukba-control-of-immigration-statistics-2008 ukba-control-of-immigration-statistics-2008-supplementary-tables uk-energy-in-brief-2008 uk-energy-sector-indicators-background-2008 uk-energy-sector-indicators-key-supporting-2008 uk-exportcontrollists uk-exportcontrol-sanctions uk-export-control-statistics uk-glossary-exportcontrol uk-ipo-offences weekly-fuel-prices

I have a package with name: "Štatistické prehľady agendy cestovných pasov" and when I try to search for "Štatistické" there are no results.

CKAN setup:

• psql DB with UTF-8 tables

• psql search backend

• ckan version: 1.3.1b

Example:

​http://verejnedata.sk/package/agenda-cestovnch-pasov

try to search for the first word in the package name.

It appears that the command

$ paster rights add russianfan admin warandpeace

has no effect, even though

$ paster rights remove russianfan admin warandpeace

works fine. This may be specific to something I've done, could someone confirm?

If it's the case more generally, then I'm assuming this behaviour is untested? Tests should probably be added.

IndexError? exception in genshi.filters.i18n keeps popping up daily.

e.g.

...
Module ckan.controllers.authorization_group:28 in index
<<              items_per_page=20
               )
               return render('authorization_group/index.html')
       
           def read(self, id):
>>  return render('authorization_group/index.html')
Module ckan.lib.base:74 in render
<<      
           return cached_template(template_name, render_template, cache_key=cache_key, 
                                  cache_type=cache_type, cache_expire=cache_expire)
                                  #, ns_options=('method'), method=method)
>>  cache_type=cache_type, cache_expire=cache_expire)
Module pylons.templating:249 in cached_template
<<          return content
           else:
               return render_func()
>>  return render_func()
Module ckan.lib.base:63 in render_template
<<              stream = item.filter(stream)
               
               return literal(stream.render(method=method, encoding=None))
           
           if 'Pragma' in response.headers:
>>  return literal(stream.render(method=method, encoding=None))
Module genshi.core:183 in render
<<              method = self.serializer or 'xml'
               generator = self.serialize(method=method, **kwargs)
               return encode(generator, method=method, encoding=encoding, out=out)
       
           def select(self, path, namespaces=None, variables=None):
>>  return encode(generator, method=method, encoding=encoding, out=out)
Module genshi.output:57 in encode
<<          _encode = lambda string: string
           if out is None:
               return _encode(''.join(list(iterator)))
           for chunk in iterator:
               out.write(_encode(chunk))
>>  return _encode(''.join(list(iterator)))
Module genshi.output:339 in __call__
<<          for filter_ in self.filters:
                   stream = filter_(stream)
               for kind, data, pos in stream:
                   cached = cache_get((kind, data))
                   if cached is not None:
>>  for kind, data, pos in stream:
Module genshi.output:670 in __call__
<<          _gen_prefix = _gen_prefix().next
       
               for kind, data, pos in stream:
                   output = cache_get((kind, data))
                   if output is not None:
>>  for kind, data, pos in stream:
Module genshi.output:771 in __call__
<<          push_text = textbuf.append
               pop_text = textbuf.pop
               for kind, data, pos in chain(stream, [(None, None, None)]):
       
                   if kind is TEXT:
>>  for kind, data, pos in chain(stream, [(None, None, None)]):
Module genshi.output:586 in __call__
<<      def __call__(self, stream):
               prev = (None, None, None)
               for ev in stream:
                   if prev[0] is START:
                       if ev[0] is END:
>>  for ev in stream:
Module genshi.core:288 in _ensure
<<      # unchanged
           yield event
           for event in stream:
               yield event
>>  for event in stream:
Module genshi.core:288 in _ensure
<<      # unchanged
           yield event
           for event in stream:
               yield event
>>  for event in stream:
Module genshi.filters.transform:686 in _unmark
<<      def _unmark(self, stream):
               for mark, event in stream:
                   kind = event[0]
                   if not (kind is None or kind is ATTR or kind is BREAK):
>>  for mark, event in stream:
Module genshi.filters.transform:1145 in __call__
<<          :param stream: The marked event stream to filter
               """
               for mark, event in stream:
                   yield mark, event
                   if mark is ENTER:
>>  for mark, event in stream:
Module genshi.filters.transform:714 in __call__
<<          stream = iter(stream)
               next = stream.next
               for mark, event in stream:
                   if mark is None:
                       yield mark, event
>>  for mark, event in stream:
Module genshi.filters.transform:682 in _mark
<<      def _mark(self, stream):
               for event in stream:
                   yield OUTSIDE, event
>>  for event in stream:
Module genshi.core:288 in _ensure
<<      # unchanged
           yield event
           for event in stream:
               yield event
>>  for event in stream:
Module genshi.filters.transform:686 in _unmark
<<      def _unmark(self, stream):
               for mark, event in stream:
                   kind = event[0]
                   if not (kind is None or kind is ATTR or kind is BREAK):
>>  for mark, event in stream:
Module ckanext.googleanalytics.plugin:62 in download_adder
<<              (downloaded %s times)</span>'''
                   count = None
                   for mark, (kind, data, pos) in stream:
                       if mark and kind == START:
                           href = data[1].get('href')
>>  for mark, (kind, data, pos) in stream:
Module genshi.filters.transform:714 in __call__
<<          stream = iter(stream)
               next = stream.next
               for mark, event in stream:
                   if mark is None:
                       yield mark, event
>>  for mark, event in stream:
Module genshi.filters.transform:682 in _mark
<<      def _mark(self, stream):
               for event in stream:
                   yield OUTSIDE, event
>>  for event in stream:
Module genshi.core:288 in _ensure
<<      # unchanged
           yield event
           for event in stream:
               yield event
>>  for event in stream:
Module genshi.filters.transform:686 in _unmark
<<      def _unmark(self, stream):
               for mark, event in stream:
                   kind = event[0]
                   if not (kind is None or kind is ATTR or kind is BREAK):
>>  for mark, event in stream:
Module genshi.filters.transform:1175 in __call__
<<          """
               callable_value = hasattr(self.value, '__call__')
               for mark, (kind, data, pos) in stream:
                   if mark is ENTER:
                       if callable_value:
>>  for mark, (kind, data, pos) in stream:
Module genshi.filters.transform:714 in __call__
<<          stream = iter(stream)
               next = stream.next
               for mark, event in stream:
                   if mark is None:
                       yield mark, event
>>  for mark, event in stream:
Module genshi.filters.transform:682 in _mark
<<      def _mark(self, stream):
               for event in stream:
                   yield OUTSIDE, event
>>  for event in stream:
Module genshi.core:288 in _ensure
<<      # unchanged
           yield event
           for event in stream:
               yield event
>>  for event in stream:
Module genshi.filters.transform:686 in _unmark
<<      def _unmark(self, stream):
               for mark, event in stream:
                   kind = event[0]
                   if not (kind is None or kind is ATTR or kind is BREAK):
>>  for mark, event in stream:
Module genshi.filters.transform:1145 in __call__
<<          :param stream: The marked event stream to filter
               """
               for mark, event in stream:
                   yield mark, event
                   if mark is ENTER:
>>  for mark, event in stream:
Module genshi.filters.transform:714 in __call__
<<          stream = iter(stream)
               next = stream.next
               for mark, event in stream:
                   if mark is None:
                       yield mark, event
>>  for mark, event in stream:
Module genshi.filters.transform:682 in _mark
<<      def _mark(self, stream):
               for event in stream:
                   yield OUTSIDE, event
>>  for event in stream:
Module genshi.template.base:618 in _include
<<                      tmpl = self.loader.load(href, relative_to=event[2][0],
                                                   cls=cls or self.__class__)
                           for event in tmpl.generate(ctxt, **vars):
                               yield event
                       except TemplateNotFound:
>>  for event in tmpl.generate(ctxt, **vars):
Module genshi.template.base:618 in _include
<<                      tmpl = self.loader.load(href, relative_to=event[2][0],
                                                   cls=cls or self.__class__)
                           for event in tmpl.generate(ctxt, **vars):
                               yield event
                       except TemplateNotFound:
>>  for event in tmpl.generate(ctxt, **vars):
Module genshi.template.base:618 in _include
<<                      tmpl = self.loader.load(href, relative_to=event[2][0],
                                                   cls=cls or self.__class__)
                           for event in tmpl.generate(ctxt, **vars):
                               yield event
                       except TemplateNotFound:
>>  for event in tmpl.generate(ctxt, **vars):
Module genshi.template.base:605 in _include
<<          from genshi.template.loader import TemplateNotFound
       
               for event in stream:
                   if event[0] is INCLUDE:
                       href, cls, fallback = event[1]
>>  for event in stream:
Module genshi.template.markup:378 in _match
<<                      for event in self._match(self._flatten(template, ctxt,
                                                                  **vars),
                                                    ctxt, start=idx + 1, **vars):
                               yield event
>>  ctxt, start=idx + 1, **vars):
Module genshi.template.markup:327 in _match
<<                      break
       
               for event in stream:
       
                   # We (currently) only care about start and end events for matching
>>  for event in stream:
Module genshi.template.base:545 in _flatten
<<          while 1:
                   for kind, data, pos in stream:
       
                       if kind is START and data[1]:
>>  for kind, data, pos in stream:
Module genshi.filters.i18n:177 in _generate
<<                  msgbuf.append(*previous)
                       previous = None
                   for event in msgbuf.translate(gettext(msgbuf.format())):
                       yield event
                   if previous:
>>  for event in msgbuf.translate(gettext(msgbuf.format())):
Module genshi.filters.i18n:1029 in translate
<<                      )
       
               parts = parse_msg(string)
               parts_counter = {}
               for order, string in parts:
>>  parts = parse_msg(string)
Module genshi.filters.i18n:1143 in parse_msg
<<      if string:
               parts.append((stack[-1], string))
       
           return parts
>>  parts.append((stack[-1], string))
IndexError: list index out of range

Create a new dataset, don't add any resources to the dataset yet, view the dataset in ckan, if you have firebug enabled you'll see the error "resource is undefined" at line 699 of application.js.

This would allow deployment via Nginx or Apache using proxy to Paster, uWSGI. At the moment CKAN isn't aware of the proxy's IP address so when you perform an action which does a redirect (such as adding a package), CKAN redirects you to the *internal IP* not the external *proxy IP*.

We would like this work to facilitate testing within VMs as part of our new build infrastructure.

It would also be nice if CKAN worked when mounted at a path other than /. That could be dealt with in another ticket because it isn't a problem at the moment.

Currently in the logic function tag_search you can specify limit and offset, but no count is returned. Therefore pagination is not possible for tag results. This is desired though.

be good to do this in phase 3

Problem: When creating a related item it mentions that you can use markdown in the description, however markdown doesn't render in apps page nor in related items page. Expected: Make shortened descriptions (on apps page & related items page) render markdown

As a

Registered user

I want to

Add a comment to a package

Notes

• The comment should be tagged with the username of the person making the comment
• Should we allow comments per release as well as per package? No for the time being.
• Comments will be 'flat' and not threaded (at least for the present)
• Comments should be plain text and so html should be escaped (in the future we might look to use some kind of formatter such as markdown)

Test DbIndex? with sqla 0.5 (and get it working if it does not work).

Cost: ??

Priority: low because DbIndex? is not currently that important to us (also wonder whether we should try using CKAN code here to stop us reinventing the wheel).

Give guidance on what to put in 'author' and 'maintainer' fields (e.g. name? URL?)

Suggestion from Jonathan Gray

Importer function is exposed to logged in users.

Alongside specifying file to import, user chooses between 'form schemas' - 'basic' and 'government'.

• Basic is as it is currently
• Government form has pre-defined Extra fields, careful validation of lots of fields, code formats/processes some field data for storage. e.g. searching for tag keywords.

All fields should be in step with the government custom input form.

For fields which have suggested values but the user can input his own value, this is achieved in the spreadsheet with two columns - the first being a drop-down and the second free text.

Estimate:

Broken out from ticket:216

Use case

As a user I want to notify the CKAN admins of a spammed or unsuitable package for deletion.

Suggested solution

In the package view side-bar, there is a note: "To have this package completely removed, contact the [ca.ckan.net administrators admin@…]."

Other solutions

A more complicated solution would be to allow packages to be tagged for deletion, which would auto-alert administrators, and allow easier administration of this. But this might be overkill.

c.f. ​http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deleting_an_article

Use case: new package

1. An external front-end system provides a web page with a list of packages. Each package has the option to edit it or and there is also a button to create a new package.

2. User: clicks 'new package'.

3. CKAN presents the package/new form to the user.

4. (After a couple of previews) User: clicks 'commit'.

5. Notification message goes from CKAN to the front-end detailing the new package.

6. The user is redirected back to the front-end web page displaying the list of packages, which contains the new one.

The notification message (step 5) has to get through to the front-end that the new package is created before the redirect (step 6). This suggests that the message sending needs to be *synchronous*, i.e. acknowledged by the front-end, before CKAN redirects the user to the front-end package listing page (step 6).

In addition, this use case suggests the front-end listens for package notifications, to save another call to CKAN to get the package details, before the displaying the list of packages. If this isn't possible (see next use case) and it must listen for revision notifications instead, then perhaps it is worth including the full package details in the payload for the revision notification message. Would there be a problem with such a large message in the next use case, with 100 packages?

Use case: CKAN imports packages

1. CKAN administrator runs a script that adds 100 new packages into CKAN.

2. CKAN sends notification message to front-end to report the new packages/revisions.

3. Knowing there are new revisions, the front-end queries the CKAN revision interface to get the list of new packages.

4. The front-end queries CKAN for each new package one-by-one.

5. A new user request to the front-end will include the info about the new packages.

The package addition could be achieved in 1 revision, 100 revisions or some compromise:

• If it is 1 revision then potentially there are problems displaying the long list of packages in the 'recent changes'.

• If it is 100 revisions, then the notification webhook would be called 100 times, which creates unnecessary load on the front-end. Suppose each Webhook call-back (step 2) triggers the front-end to make a call to CKAN to get the latest revisions (step3), in this case it would make 100 calls, most of them fruitless, causing unnecessary load on CKAN.

This use case suggests a bulk import of packages should go into one revision, and therefore generate one revision notification message and 100 package notification messages. The front-end client should listen to only revision messages.

As an

external front-end

I want to

be notified (by XML-RPC) about package creations and updates.

Implementation

1. A message queue worker waits for package update notifications
2. On reception, it constructs XML detailing the changes and PUSHes it to a configured URI.

Rather than turning the package fields into XML fields, the JSON dump of the list of package dictionaries will become a single XML parameter.

Config - in the CKAN config will be:

• URI to callback to
• API version to use (version 2 gives packages referred by ID not name)

I've just started writing the importer from cap.open.org.nz and was running an initial import of just the package name and titles. The packages were created however I received a 500 error in response:

"publish: New Zealand Coastline (new-zealand-coastline)" opening connection to nz.ckan.net... opened <- "POST /api/rest/package HTTP/1.1\r\nContent-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\nConnection: close\r\nAuthorization: 81179ade-fa4a-4632-9b89-3d0c98bfc8b8\r\nContent-Length: 64\r\nHost: nz.ckan.net\r\n\r\n" <- "{\"name\":\"new-zealand-coastline\",\"title\":\"New Zealand Coastline\"}" -> "HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error\r\n" -> "Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:20:35 GMT\r\n" -> "Server: Apache/2.2.9 (Debian) mod_wsgi/2.5 Python/2.5.2\r\n" -> "Vary: Accept-Encoding\r\n" -> "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n" -> "Cache-Control: proxy-revalidate\r\n" -> "Content-Length: 640\r\n" -> "Connection: close\r\n" -> "\r\n" reading 640 bytes... -> "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-IETFDTD HTML 2.0EN\">\n<html><head>\n<title>500 Internal Server Error</title>\n</head><body>\n<h1>Internal Server Error</h1>\n<p>The server encountered an internal error or\nmisconfiguration and was unable to complete\nyour request.</p>\n<p>Please contact the server administrator,\n [no address given] and inform them of the time the error occurred,\nand anything you might have done that may have\ncaused the error.</p>\n<p>More information about this error may be available\nin the server error log.</p>\n<hr>\n<address>Apache/2.2.9 (Debian) mod_wsgi/2.5 Python/2.5.2 Server at nz.ckan.net Port 80</address>\n</body></html>\n" read 640 bytes Conn close

The server should not respond with a 500 error if the package was created.

As a

user browsing a CKAN package which has a resource in a bad format

I want to

be alerted to the possibility of scraping it on scraperwiki

Implementation

This should be done in a CKAN extension. It should appear in a side-bar on the package read page.

If the package does not have a resource with scraperwiki.com in the url, then it displays this message:

Title: Scrape it
Image: (Scraperwiki dumper truck)
Body text: Could this data be in a better format? Why not use Scraperwiki to extract data from tables, Excel or PDF for everyone's benefit? You can ​request this data is scraped or even ​write the scraper yourself.

There seem to be a few conditions under which either queue processing or the indexer fail in their current state. To get a more systematic picture of these failures, we should have a small testing tool to compare the index to the database of a live CKAN instance.

Here's the dump from 22:10 last night:

URL: ​http://ckan.net/api/search/resource?all_fields=1&offset=0&limit=20&qjson=%3Cspan%20class= Module weberror.errormiddleware:162 in call << traceback_supplement = Supplement, self, environ

sr_checker = ResponseStartChecker?(start_response) app_iter = self.application(environ, sr_checker) return self.make_catching_iter(app_iter, environ, sr_checker)

except:

app_iter = self.application(environ, sr_checker)

Module beaker.middleware:73 in call << self.cache_manager)

environ[self.environ_key] = self.cache_manager return self.app(environ, start_response)

return self.app(environ, start_response)

Module beaker.middleware:152 in call << headers.append(('Set-cookie', cookie))

return start_response(status, headers, exc_info)

return self.wrap_app(environ, session_start_response)

def _get_session(self):

return self.wrap_app(environ, session_start_response)

Module routes.middleware:130 in call << environSCRIPT_NAME? = environSCRIPT_NAME?[:-1]

response = self.app(environ, start_response)

# Wrapped in try as in rare cases the attribute will be gone already

response = self.app(environ, start_response)

Module pylons.wsgiapp:125 in call <<

controller = self.resolve(environ, start_response) response = self.dispatch(controller, environ, start_response)

if 'paste.testing_variables' in environ and hasattr(response,

response = self.dispatch(controller, environ, start_response)

Module pylons.wsgiapp:324 in dispatch << if log_debug:

log.debug("Calling controller class with WSGI interface")

return controller(environ, start_response)

def load_test_env(self, environ):

return controller(environ, start_response)

Module ckan.lib.base:73 in call << # available in environpylons.routes_dict?

try:

return WSGIController.call(self, environ, start_response)

finally:

model.Session.remove()

return WSGIController.call(self, environ, start_response)

Module pylons.controllers.core:221 in call << return response(environ, self.start_response)

response = self._dispatch_call() if not start_response_called:

self.start_response = start_response

response = self._dispatch_call()

Module pylons.controllers.core:172 in _dispatch_call << req.environpylons.action_method? = func

response = self._inspect_call(func)

else:

if log_debug:

response = self._inspect_call(func)

Module pylons.controllers.core:107 in _inspect_call << func.name, args)

try:

result = self._perform_call(func, args)

except HTTPException, httpe:

if log_debug:

result = self._perform_call(func, args)

Module pylons.controllers.core:60 in _perform_call << """Hide the traceback for everything above this method"""

traceback_hide = 'before_and_this' return func(args)

def _inspect_call(self, func):

return func(args)

Module ckan.controllers.rest:400 in search << response.status_int = 400

return gettext('Blank qjson parameter')

params = json.loads(request.paramsqjson?)

elif request.params.values() and request.params.values() != [u] and request.params.values() != [u'1']:

params = request.params

params = json.loads(request.paramsqjson?)

Module simplejson:384 in loads << parse_constant is None and object_pairs_hook is None

and not use_decimal and not kw):

return _default_decoder.decode(s)

if cls is None:

cls = JSONDecoder

return _default_decoder.decode(s)

Module simplejson.decoder:402 in decode << """

obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end()) end = _w(s, end).end() if end != len(s):

obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())

Module simplejson.decoder:420 in raw_decode << obj, end = self.scan_once(s, idx)

except StopIteration?:

raise JSONDecodeError("No JSON object could be decoded", s, idx)

return obj, end

raise JSONDecodeError("No JSON object could be decoded", s, idx)

JSONDecodeError: No JSON object could be decoded: line 1 column 0 (char 0) CGI Variables DOCUMENT_ROOT '/htdocs' GATEWAY_INTERFACE 'CGI/1.1' HTTP_ACCEPT 'text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8, application/json' HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET 'ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7' HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING 'gzip,deflate' HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE 'en-us,en;q=0.5' HTTP_CONNECTION 'keep-alive' HTTP_COOKIE 'utma=27730403.1245320310.1281386803.1281386803.1282164955.2; utmz=27730403.1282164955.2.2.utmcsr=jira|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/browse/PLATFORM-892; utmb=27730403.3.10.1282164955; utmc=27730403' HTTP_HOST 'ckan.net' HTTP_KEEP_ALIVE '300' HTTP_REFERER '​http://jira/browse/PLATFORM-892' HTTP_USER_AGENT 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20091221 Firefox/3.5.7' PATH '/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin' PATH_INFO '/api/search/resource' PATH_TRANSLATED '/home/okfn/var/srvc/ckan.net/pyenv/bin/ckan.net.py/api/search/resource' QUERY_STRING 'all_fields=1&offset=0&limit=20&qjson=%3Cspan%20class=' REMOTE_ADDR '64.235.97.218' REMOTE_PORT '20720' REQUEST_METHOD 'GET' REQUEST_URI '/api/search/resource?all_fields=1&offset=0&limit=20&qjson=%3Cspan%20class=' SCRIPT_FILENAME '/home/okfn/var/srvc/ckan.net/pyenv/bin/ckan.net.py' SCRIPT_URI '​http://ckan.net/api/search/resource' SCRIPT_URL '/api/search/resource' SERVER_ADDR '10.226.226.118' SERVER_ADMIN '[no address given]' SERVER_NAME 'ckan.net' SERVER_PORT '80' SERVER_PROTOCOL 'HTTP/1.1' SERVER_SIGNATURE '<address>Apache/2.2.9 (Debian) mod_wsgi/2.5 Python/2.5.2 Server at ckan.net Port 80</address>\n' SERVER_SOFTWARE 'Apache/2.2.9 (Debian) mod_wsgi/2.5 Python/2.5.2' WSGI Variables application <beaker.middleware.CacheMiddleware? object at 0xa1c13ec> beaker.cache <beaker.cache.CacheManager? object at 0xa1c142c> beaker.get_session <bound method SessionMiddleware?._get_session of <beaker.middleware.SessionMiddleware? object at 0xa1c12ac>> beaker.session {'_accessed_time': 1282165818.0880959, '_creation_time': 1282165818.0880959} mod_wsgi.application_group 'ckan.net|' mod_wsgi.callable_object 'application' mod_wsgi.listener_host mod_wsgi.listener_port '80' mod_wsgi.process_group mod_wsgi.reload_mechanism '0' mod_wsgi.script_reloading '1' mod_wsgi.version (2, 5) paste.cookies (<SimpleCookie: __utma='27730403.1245320310.1281386803.1281386803.1282164955.2' __utmb='27730403.3.10.1282164955' __utmc='27730403' __utmz='27730403.1282164955.2.2.utmcsr=jira|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/browse/PLATFORM-892'>, 'utma=27730403.1245320310.1281386803.1281386803.1282164955.2; utmz=27730403.1282164955.2.2.utmcsr=jira|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/browse/PLATFORM-892; utmb=27730403.3.10.1282164955; utmc=27730403') paste.parsed_querystring ([('all_fields', '1'), ('offset', '0'), ('limit', '20'), ('qjson', '<span class=')], 'all_fields=1&offset=0&limit=20&qjson=%3Cspan%20class=') paste.registry <paste.registry.Registry object at 0x130ed84c> paste.throw_errors True pylons.action_method <bound method RestController?.search of <ckan.controllers.rest.RestController? object at 0xe9bbe0c>> pylons.controller <ckan.controllers.rest.RestController? object at 0xe9bbe0c> pylons.environ_config {'session': 'beaker.session', 'cache': 'beaker.cache'} pylons.pylons <pylons.util.PylonsContext? object at 0xe9bbe8c> pylons.routes_dict {'action': u'search', 'controller': u'rest', 'register': u'resource'} repoze.who.logger <logging.Logger instance at 0xa3cb0cc> repoze.who.plugins {'openid': <OpenIdIdentificationPlugin? 170067148>, 'auth_tkt': <AuthTktCookiePlugin? 171739788>} routes.route <routes.route.Route object at 0xa102fac> routes.url <routes.util.URLGenerator object at 0x13a5a3cc> webob._parsed_query_vars (GET([('all_fields', '1'), ('offset', '0'), ('limit', '20'), ('qjson', '<span class=')]), 'all_fields=1&offset=0&limit=20&qjson=%3Cspan%20class=') webob.adhoc_attrs {'language': 'en-us'} wsgi process 'Multi process AND threads (?)' wsgi.file_wrapper <built-in method file_wrapper of mod_wsgi.Adapter object at 0x12f53530> wsgiorg.routing_args (<routes.util.URLGenerator object at 0x13a5a3cc>, {'action': u'search', 'controller': u'rest', 'register': u'resource'})

Several questions to answer (and see file in email). To respond to the Finnish team and copy all Q&A to the ckan-discuss list.

1 ) I have played with two different datasets to get the metadata from those imported to CKAN. The other dataset is in PCAXIS format and other one is in Excel format. Please find the scripts + sample files attached in a zip file that contains instructions too to run the scripts. I looked at import scripts written in object oriented manner and getdata samples in CKAN but it was easier for me too write these from scratch (copied the unicrap function from CKAN samples). If I run the PCAXIS import script I get Unicode decode error (see errors file). When I use the unicrap function then the error does not appear in logs. I assume this is some Python environment setting issue. Of course I would like to run the script without unicrap function to get scandic letter imported correctly to ckan(and displayed in WUI). In Excel case there is no scandic letter issue which is kind of strange but this probably relates how the Excel library handles encoding.

To be honest the whole unicode/encoding/decoding issue has been quite difficult to deal with and debug. I hope I would get proper environment configuration to handle scandic letters.

2 ) It seem in CKAN by default the localisation file contains 462 strings. The transifex link Rufus sent contains 400 strings. Is transifex the one we should use as localisation file ? Where are the rest 62 strings then fetched from or are they needed at all. I have found that as I have been using the .po file coming in CKAN source (which has API translations too) this also causes similar unicode problems when an error in API occurs (the API error messages containing scandic letters provide the similar UnicodeDecoding? errors as mentioned above). So, it seems the unicode issues appear in various cases. Maybe a proper environment settings will be able to prevent also these problems... If transifex is the one to use I can prepare it and maybe then you could upload it to fi.ckan.net as there will be also other people checking the translations. To run the test and see the API translation errors especially in pcaxis case I would recommend to install attached FI translations to your environment and include lang = fi configuration. It looks like the API errors does not come when running default lang = en.

3 ) Is it possible to change the license selection/options available in license field drop-down ? Where are these located and can these be modified locally ?

4) It looks like the values stored in package extra fields are not searchable. Is this intentional ? It looks more or less that all other fields can be searched using free-text search in CKAN.

5) How package dependencies are defined and managed ? For instance we want to import some packages in a manner that the other package is a child package of another. Does API support this and/or is this possible to do in WUI ?

Best Regards, Henri

When you create a package using the API, you might get a core field name wrong e.g. 'title' mispelt as 'titel' or 'groups' (which can't be specified in package creation). Currently that field will be ignored by the API. It should warn or give an error, rather than give 200 OK.

Update report queries with more recent versions (below are report queries shipped with trac 0.11.7):

NB: Report 1 has already been done.

id | query

1 |

: SELECT p.value AS color, : id AS ticket, summary, component, version, milestone, t.type AS type, : owner, status, : time AS created, : changetime AS _changetime, description AS _description, : reporter AS _reporter : FROM ticket t : LEFT JOIN enum p ON p.name = t.priority AND p.type = 'priority' : WHERE status <> 'closed' : ORDER BY CAST(p.value AS integer), milestone, t.type, time :

2 |

: SELECT p.value AS color, : version AS group, : id AS ticket, summary, component, version, t.type AS type, : owner, status, : time AS created, : changetime AS _changetime, description AS _description, : reporter AS _reporter : FROM ticket t : LEFT JOIN enum p ON p.name = t.priority AND p.type = 'priority' : WHERE status <> 'closed' : ORDER BY (version IS NULL),version, CAST(p.value AS integer), t.type, time :

3 |

: SELECT p.value AS color,

: 'Milestone '

milestone AS group,

: id AS ticket, summary, component, version, t.type AS type, : owner, status, : time AS created, : changetime AS _changetime, description AS _description, : reporter AS _reporter : FROM ticket t : LEFT JOIN enum p ON p.name = t.priority AND p.type = 'priority' : WHERE status <> 'closed' : ORDER BY (milestone IS NULL),milestone, CAST(p.value AS integer), t.type, time :

4 |

: : SELECT p.value AS color, : owner AS group, : id AS ticket, summary, component, milestone, t.type AS type, time AS created, : changetime AS _changetime, description AS _description, : reporter AS _reporter : FROM ticket t : LEFT JOIN enum p ON p.name = t.priority AND p.type = 'priority' : WHERE status = 'accepted' : ORDER BY owner, CAST(p.value AS integer), t.type, time :

5 |

: SELECT p.value AS color, : owner AS group, : id AS ticket, summary, component, milestone, t.type AS type, time AS created, : description AS _description_, : changetime AS _changetime, reporter AS _reporter : FROM ticket t : LEFT JOIN enum p ON p.name = t.priority AND p.type = 'priority' : WHERE status = 'accepted' : ORDER BY owner, CAST(p.value AS integer), t.type, time :

6 |

: SELECT p.value AS color, : t.milestone AS group, : (CASE status : WHEN 'closed' THEN 'color: #777; background: #ddd; border-color: #ccc;' : ELSE : (CASE owner WHEN $USER THEN 'font-weight: bold' END) : END) AS style, : id AS ticket, summary, component, status, : resolution,version, t.type AS type, priority, owner, : changetime AS modified, : time AS _time,reporter AS _reporter : FROM ticket t : LEFT JOIN enum p ON p.name = t.priority AND p.type = 'priority' : ORDER BY (milestone IS NULL), milestone DESC, (status = 'closed'), : (CASE status WHEN 'closed' THEN changetime ELSE (-1) * CAST(p.value AS integer) END) DESC :

7 |

: SELECT p.value AS color, : (CASE status WHEN 'accepted' THEN 'Accepted' ELSE 'Owned' END) AS group, : id AS ticket, summary, component, version, milestone, : t.type AS type, priority, time AS created, : changetime AS _changetime, description AS _description, : reporter AS _reporter : FROM ticket t : LEFT JOIN enum p ON p.name = t.priority AND p.type = 'priority' : WHERE t.status <> 'closed' AND owner = $USER : ORDER BY (status = 'accepted') DESC, CAST(p.value AS integer), milestone, t.type, time :

8 |

: SELECT p.value AS color, : (CASE owner : WHEN $USER THEN 'My Tickets' : ELSE 'Active Tickets' : END) AS group, : id AS ticket, summary, component, version, milestone, t.type AS type, : owner, status, : time AS created, : changetime AS _changetime, description AS _description, : reporter AS _reporter : FROM ticket t : LEFT JOIN enum p ON p.name = t.priority AND p.type = 'priority' : WHERE status <> 'closed' : ORDER BY (COALESCE(owner, ) = $USER) DESC, CAST(p.value AS integer), milestone, t.type, time

Perhaps using deliverance?

• Move About to the right of the nav tabs and make it an about IATI page
• Make a Help / FAQ section linked of main menu
• Front page more dynamic - latest data registered and news (microblog thing)
• make the front page blurb noticable / shorter etc.
• link to iatistandard.org from the front page blurb

This would allow for a community-driven definition of field values, conventions, etc.

Plus: create wiki.ckan.net

Browsing to the admin interface /admin (even logged in as a sysadmin) gives an exception.

• Should license go in the bottom line?
• Formats should be styled as in CKAN

This has been noted twice in the last couple of weeks.

Checking around my guess is this is due to someone logging in to www.ckan.net and ckan.net. Google generates openid based on the RP (requesting party) which is the requesting domain url unless the openid.realm is set. See:

• ​http://groups.google.com/group/google-federated-login-api/web/the-most-important-technical-issue-in-using-the-google-accounts-api?pli=1
• ​http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3549953/how-to-get-unique-identifier-from-openid-google

To fix this we should set the openid.realm (not sure how atm).

If this is not possible an alternative is to make sure we redirect all users to a single site url (perhaps using ckan config option site_url, or doing this in apache).

Cost: 1h

The new field was outlined in

​http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/ckan-discuss/2011-February/000887.html

it says

Can be "data", "metadata", "service", NULL. There is a need to do this for UKLP where some of the data associated with a package is metadata, some is data and some could be a service.

Try and minimise the amount of different caching methodologies, especially for api calls.

Schedule worker calls to be ran several times, with certain intervals.