ckanext-pdfview
This extension provides a view plugin for PDF files using an html object tag.
Requirements
This extension works with CKAN >= 2.7 and runs both on Python 2.7 and 3.6+.
Installation
To install ckanext-pdfview:
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Activate your CKAN virtual environment, for example:
source /usr/lib/ckan/default/bin/activate
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Install the ckanext-pdfview Python package into your virtual environment:
pip install ckanext-pdfview
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Add
pdf_view
to theckan.plugins
setting in your CKAN config file (by default the config file is located at/etc/ckan/default/production.ini
). -
If you want to render PDF files which are not located in the same server as CKAN you also need to enable the
resource_proxy
plugin.
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Restart CKAN. For example if you've deployed CKAN with Apache on Ubuntu:
sudo service apache2 reload
Development Installation
To install ckanext-pdfview for development, activate your CKAN virtualenv and do:
git clone https://github.com/ckan/ckanext-pdfview.git cd ckanext-pdfview pip install -r dev-requirements.txt python setup.py develop
Running the Tests
To run the tests, do:
pytest --ckan-ini=test.ini ckanext/pdfview
Registering ckanext-pdfview on PyPI
ckanext-pdfview should be availabe on PyPI as https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ckanext-pdfview. If that link doesn't work, then you can register the project on PyPI for the first time by following these steps:
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Create a source distribution of the project:
python setup.py sdist
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Register the project:
python setup.py register
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Upload the source distribution to PyPI:
python setup.py sdist upload
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Tag the first release of the project on GitHub with the version number from the
setup.py
file. For example if the version number insetup.py
is 0.0.1 then do:git tag 0.0.1 git push --tags
Releasing a New Version of ckanext-pdfview
ckanext-pdfview is availabe on PyPI as https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ckanext-pdfview. To publish a new version to PyPI follow these steps:
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Update the version number in the
setup.py
file. See PEP 440 for how to choose version numbers. -
Create a source distribution of the new version:
python setup.py sdist
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Upload the source distribution to PyPI:
python setup.py sdist upload
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Tag the new release of the project on GitHub with the version number from the
setup.py
file. For example if the version number insetup.py
is 0.0.2 then do:git tag 0.0.2 git push --tags