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create_package_structure
core.create_package_structure(path: Path)
Sets up the folder structure for a new package.
This is the first function to use to create a new data package. It assigns a package ID and then creates a package folder and all the necessary files for a package (excluding the resources), outputting the file paths for the created files.
Parameters
path : Path
-
The path to the folder containing the packages. Use
path_packages()
to provide the correct path location.
Returns
: list[Path]
-
A list of paths to the two created files, datapackage.json and README.md, and the created folder
resources/
.
Raises
: NotADirectoryError
-
If the directory in the path doesn’t exist.
: FileNotFoundError
-
If a file could not be created.
: TypeError
-
If
datapackage.json
could not be created.