mip-dr-app

Prototype django MIP Data Request app and tools

Setting up the app

Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/cedadev/mip-dr-app
cd mip-dr-app/

Install the requirements:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Set environment variable(s):

export PYTHONPATH=$PWD/.
export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=mip_dr_app.settings

Populating the contents from the Data Request XML

cd scripts/
django-admin makemigrations mip_dr_app_api
django-admin migrate

python generate_import_data_script.py
python import_data.py

Create an Admin User Account

python manage.py createsuperuser

Then follow the on screen prompts and enter the required details

Running the server

django-admin runserver localhost:8888
# Or: 0.0.0.0:8888 (if running on a private network on a vagrant VM)

View at: http://localhost:8888

E.g.:

$ curl http://localhost:8888

Importing Data

It is possible to update the data by importing a file:

• Go to the admin page, e.g. http://localhost:8888/admin/ and login with your admin credentials
• Select the required table to upload data to
• Press the IMPORT button near the top right of the page
• Choose a file to import and press the SUBMIT button
• Check the data in the preview panel is correct
• Press the CONFIRM IMPORT button

The file to be uploaded must be in one of the following formats:

• csv
• xls
• xlsx
• tsv
• json
• ymal