Tethys datasets provides an api for Dataset Services such as CKAN and HydroShare so this data can be incorporated into your website easily. It also provides a simple data browser for viewing the data in the Dataset Services you have linked to. Though, part of Tethys Platform, this Django app can be installed independently.

Tethys Datasets can be installed via pip or downloading the source. To install via pip:

pip install django-tethys_datasets

To install via download:

git clone https://github.com/CI-WATER/django-tethys_datasets.git
cd django-tethys_datasets
python setup.py install

1. Add "tethys_datasets" to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like so:

INSTALLED_APPS = (

... 'tethys_datasets',

)

2. Include the URLconf in your project urls.py:

url(r'^datasets/', include('tethys_datasets.urls')),

3. Add the TETHYS_DATASET_SERVICES parameter to your settings.py with appropriate configuration values for the dataset services you wish to plug into:

TETHYS_DATASET_SERVICES = {
    'ckan_example': {
        'ENGINE': 'tethys_datasets.engines.CkanDatasetEngine',
        'ENDPOINT': 'http://www.example.com/api/3/action',
        'APIKEY': 'a-R3llY-n1Ce-@Pi-keY',
    },
    'hydroshare_example': {
        'ENGINE': 'tethys_datasets.engines.HydroShareDatasetEngine',
        'ENDPOINT': 'www.hydroshare.org/api',
        'USERNAME': 'username',
        'PASSWORD': 'password'
    }
}