VIAF via Python

Python module for interacting with VIAF (the Virtual International Authority File) data and APIs.

viapy provides optional Django integration; this currently includes a django-autocomplete-light lookup view and a VIAF url widget.

Python 3.5 / Django 1.11

Use pip to install from GitHub. Use a branch or tag name, e.g. @develop or @1.0 if you want to install a specific tagged release or branch:

pip install git+https://github.com/Princeton-CDH/viapy.git@develop#egg=viapy

Using viapy with Django requires additional configuration. Add viapy to installed applications along with the needed django-autocomplete-light modules:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'dal',
    'dal_select2',
    'viapy',
    ...
)

Include the viapy urls at the desired base url with the namespace:

urlpatterns = [
    ...
    url(r'^viaf/', include('viapy.urls', namespace='viaf')),
    ...
]

This git repository uses git flow branching conventions.

Initial setup and installation:

• Recommended: create and activate a python 3.5 virtualenv:

  virtualenv viapy -p python3.5
  source viapy/bin/activate
  

• pip install the package with its python dependencies:

  pip install -e .
  pip install -e ".[django]""
  

Unit tests are set up to be run with py.test

• Copy sample test settings and add a SECRET_KEY:

  cp ci/testsettings.py testsettings.py
  

• To run the tests, either use the configured setup.py test command:

  python setup.py test
  

• Or install test requirements and use py.test directly:

  pip install -e '.[test_all]'
  py.test
  

Documentation is generated using sphinx. To generate documentation, first install development requirements:

pip install -e ".[docs]"

Then build the documentation using the customized make file in the docs directory:

cd sphinx-docs
make html

When building documentation for a production release, use make docs to update the published documentation on GitHub Pages.

viapy is distributed under the Apache 2.0 License.

©2017 Trustees of Princeton University. Permission granted via Princeton Docket #18-3449-1 for distribution online under a standard Open Source license. Ownership rights transferred to Rebecca Koeser provided software is distributed online via open source.