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Django application to act as an annotator.js 2.x annotator-store backend

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annotator_store is a Django application meant for use within a Django project as an annotator.js 2.x annotation store backend, and implements the Annotator Storage API.

annotator_store was originally develop as a component of Readux.

License

This software is distributed under the Apache 2.0 License.

Installation

Use pip to install:

pip install

You can also install from GitHub. Use branch or tag name, e.g. @develop or @1.0, to install a specific tagged release or branch:

pip install git+https://github.com/Princeton-CDH/django-annotator-store.git@develop#egg=annotator_store

Configuration

Add annotator_store to installed applications and make sure that other required components are enabled:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
  'django.contrib.auth',
  'django.contrib.admin',
  'django.contrib.contenttypes',
  'django.contrib.sessions',
  'django.contrib.sites',
  'annotator_store',
    ...
)

Include the annotation storage API urls at the desired base url with the namespace:

from annotator_store import views as annotator_views

urlpatterns = [
    # annotations
    url(r'^annotations/api/', include('annotator_store.urls', namespace='annotation-api')),
    # annotatorjs doesn't handle trailing slash in api prefix url
    url(r'^annotations/api', annotator_views.AnnotationIndex.as_view(), name='annotation-api-prefix'),
]

Run migrations to create annotation database tables:

python manage.py migrate

Custom Annotation Model

This module is designed to allow the use of a custom Annotation model, in order to add functionality or relationships to other models within an application. To take advantage of this feature, you should extend the abstract model annotator_store.models.BaseAnnotation and configure your model in Django setings, e.g.:

ANNOTATOR_ANNOTATION_MODEL = 'myapp.LocalAnnotation'

If you want per-object permissions on your annotation model, you should extend annotator_store.models.AnnotationWithPermissions rather than the base annotation class.

Development instructions

This git repository uses git flow branching conventions.

Initial setup and installation:

  • recommended: create and activate a python virtualenv:

    virtualenv annotator-store
    source annotator-store/bin/activate
  • pip install the package with its python dependencies:

    pip install -e .

Unit Testing

Unit tests are run with py.test but use Django test classes for convenience and compatibility with django test suites. Running the tests requires a minimal settings file for Django required configurations.

  • 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]'
    py.test

Sphinx Documentation

  • To work with the sphinx documentation, install sphinx directly via pip or via:

    pip install -e '.[docs]'
  • Documentation can be built in the docs directory using:

    make html

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