mhl10/datacite

Python API wrapper for the DataCite API.

DataCite

About

Python API wrapper for the DataCite Metadata Store API and DataCite XML generation.

Installation

The datacite package is on PyPI so all you need is:

pip install datacite

Documentation

Documentation is readable at http://datacite.readthedocs.io/ or can be built using Sphinx:

pip install datacite[docs]
python setup.py build_sphinx

Testing

Running the test suite is as simple as:

pip install -e .[all]
./run-tests.sh

If you're using zsh, use this pip command instead:

pip install -e .'[all]'

Some tests require a DataCite Test Account. Set the following environment variables $DATACITE_USER, $DATACITE_PW, $DATACITE_PREFIX with your account information for doi.test.datacite.org and run:

./run-tests-pw.sh