Package: django-daiquiri
DaiquiriA framework for the publication of scientific databasesHomepage of the Daiquiri default appQuery interface fromGaia@AIPIntroductionToday, the publication of research data plays an important role in astronomy
and astrophysics. On the one hand, dedicated surveys like SDSS and RAVE, data
intensive instruments like LOFAR, or massive simulations like Millennium and
MultiDark are initially planned to release their data for the community.
On the other hand, more traditionally oriented research projects strive to
publish their data as a key requirement demanded by the funding agencies.The common approach is to publish this data via dedicated web sites. This
includes rather simple HTML forms as well as complex query systems such as
SDSS-CAS. Most of these web sites are tailor made for the particular case and
are therefore not easily transferable to future projects.At Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), we gained experience
with both the maintenance and the development of such applications.
It became, however, apparent that already the current plethora of applications
constitutes a major challenge for maintenance expenses and scalability.
In order to address these issues, we developed the Daiquiri framework,
which is particularly designed to allow for different highly customizable web
applications based on a common easily maintainable code base.FeaturesDaiquiri enables collaboration and institutions to create customized websites,
comprising of the following features:An interactive Query interface enabling users to perform SQL/ADQL queries against catalog databases. The queries are analyzed using thequeryparserand permissions are checked depending on user accounts and groups.Asynchronous database queries, which can take minutes or even hours.Download of the query results in different formats and visualization of the data.A programmatic interface to the database implementing theIVOA TAPprotocol.A cone search API based on theIVOA Simple Cone Searchrecommendation.An integration into toIVOA registry of registryto make the VO endpoints available in applications like, e.g.topcat.A metadata management backend containing information about the database schemas and tables including DOI and UCD.The download of files connected to the database tables, including access restrictions.An OAI-PMH2 endpoint to make the metadata stored in the system available to harvesters.A cut-out API for multi-dimensional data (e.g. data cubes).A sophisticated user management system with customizable registration and confirmation workflows.A contact form connected to the management backend.RequirementsDaiquiri is based onDjangoand is written
in Python. The following requirements are mandatory:Python>=3.9PostgreSQL>=14, MySQL>=5.6RabbitMQ>=3.5(for asyncronous tasks like the query queue)For demonstration, development or testing purposes, Daiquiri can be installed
on Linux, macOS, or even Windows. If you, however, intent to set up a production
enviroment, serving Daiquiri over a Network or the Internet, we strongly suggest
that you use a recent Linux distribution, namely:Debian 11Ubuntu 22.04Scientific Databases Using DaiquiriDaiquiri is currently used on several sites hosted and maintained by
theLeibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP):Gaia@AIP ServicesAPPLAUSE archivesMUSE-Wide surveyGREGOR project and archiveCLUES – Constrained Local UniversE Simulations projectCosmoSim databaseRAVE SurveyInstallationYou can find the detailed instractions for the installation of Daiquiri in the
main documentation.InstallationDocumentationMain documenation:django-daiquiri.github.io