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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:

  1. Activate your CKAN virtual environment, for example:

    source /usr/lib/ckan/default/bin/activate
    
  2. Install the ckanext-pdfview Python package into your virtual environment:

    pip install ckanext-pdfview
    
  3. Add pdf_view to the ckan.plugins setting in your CKAN config file (by default the config file is located at /etc/ckan/default/production.ini).

  4. 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.

  1. 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:

  1. Create a source distribution of the project:

    python setup.py sdist
    
  2. Register the project:

    python setup.py register
    
  3. Upload the source distribution to PyPI:

    python setup.py sdist upload
    
  4. Tag the first release of the project on GitHub with the version number from the setup.py file. For example if the version number in setup.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:

  1. Update the version number in the setup.py file. See PEP 440 for how to choose version numbers.

  2. Create a source distribution of the new version:

    python setup.py sdist
    
  3. Upload the source distribution to PyPI:

    python setup.py sdist upload
    
  4. Tag the new release of the project on GitHub with the version number from the setup.py file. For example if the version number in setup.py is 0.0.2 then do:

    git tag 0.0.2
    git push --tags