ctdataindex
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A simple node.js package for retrieving the list of open datasets for CT
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ctdataindex
A simple node.js package for retrieving the list of CT Open Datasets from Socrata.
Intall the package: npm install ctdataindex
Usage:
var myidx = require('ctdataindex');
var y = myidx.getSocrataList(); // returns an Object containing a Promise
var dsListPromise = y.dsPromise; // get the Promise from the Object
dsListPromise.then(function (theList) {
process(theList);
}).catch(function(listError) {
processError(listError);
});
If you aren't familiar with Promises please check out these links:
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/promise
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4296505/understanding-promises-in-node-js?rq=1
- http://www.2ality.com/2014/10/es6-promises-api.html
The format of the list of datasets returned is described in the schema at:
https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/