Create Data Package datapackage.json files.

npm install datapackage-init

Start off by requiring the module as follows:

var dpinit = require('datapackage-init');

Create a datapackage.json at the path specified.

dpinit.init(path, callback(err, datapackageJson));

• path: path to where your data package is (will use this to search for data to add, for an existing datapackage.json to update etc)

Create a Data Package JSON and return it in the callback.

dpinit.create(path_, callback(err, datapackageJson));

• path: path to where your data package data is located. This is used to search for data to add, for an existing datapackage.json to update etc)

Generate simple defaults for a datapackage.json

var defaults = dpinit.simpleDefaults();

Get defaults based on a local file-system data package

dpinit.defaultsForLocalPackage(path_, cb)

• path_: path to the data package directory

Defaults here will include things like:

• Generating a name based on the directory
• Generating a description based on a README (if present)
• Searching for data files (csv and geojson at present) and adding them to the resources

dpinit.createResourceEntry(filepath, cb)

Create a resource entry in a Data Package for file at filepath returning the data in the callback.

dpinit.createResourceEntries(dir, cb)

Create a set of resource entries for a Data Package for all suitable files in dir and its child directories.