portaljs-connect-ckan

Wire a scaffolded PortalJS portal to a CKAN backend over its API. Generates a tiny server-side fetch client (no runtime dependency) and feeds the /search catalog and /@namespace/slug showcases from CKAN instead of datasets.json. Use when connecting an existing portal to a live CKAN instance instead of a static manifest.

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PortalJS — Connect CKAN

Overview

Connect an existing portaljs-catalog portal to a live CKAN backend for the "decoupled / any backend" path. The portal stops reading the static datasets.json manifest (and files in /public/data/) and instead feeds its two data surfaces — the /search catalog and the /@namespace/slug showcases — straight from a CKAN instance's REST API (package_search / package_show) through a generated fetch client. Output is plain, editable Next.js code with no runtime dependency — never @portaljs/ckan, whose bundle wires React UI components to React 18 internals and crashes at import under the template's React 19. Pages fetch CKAN server-side in getStaticProps/getStaticPaths, so the catalog is pre-rendered at build time and the site can still be statically deployed. Run this right after portaljs-new-portal to swap a freshly scaffolded portal's sample data over to CKAN.

Prerequisites

A scaffolded PortalJS portal (see portaljs-new-portal) with package.json, pages/, datasets.json, pages/search.tsx, and pages/[owner]/[slug].tsx present.

A CKAN base URL that is publicly reachable, e.g. https://demo.dev.datopian.com.

Node 18+ and npm available in the portal directory (no new packages are installed).

Instructions

The canonical, full step-by-step workflow is .claude/commands/portaljs-connect-ckan.md — the single source of truth. Read and follow it when executing. Summary:

Gather input from $ARGUMENTS — CKAN base URL (required), org filter (optional), group filter (optional), portal directory (default .). If the URL is missing, interview the user; never dead-end with a missing-input error.

Validate the target directory is a portaljs-catalog portal; if not, suggest portaljs-new-portal instead of failing silently.

Verify the CKAN backend is reachable via package_search?rows=1, and validate each org filter via organization_show; on failure, explain and re-prompt rather than dead-ending.