Installation

There are different options on how to install a Python package, mostly depending on your prefered tools and what you want to do with it. The easiest way is in most cases to use pip (see below).

Requirements

pyDataverse officially supports Python 3.6–3.8

Python packages required:

• requests>=2.12.0
• jsonschema>=3.2.0

External packages required:

• curl (only for replace_datafile() necessary)

Installer requirements: setuptools

Pip

To install the latest release of pyDataverse from PyPI, simply run this pip command in your terminal of choice:

pip install -U pyDataverse

Pipenv

Pipenv combines pip and virtualenv.

pipenv install pyDataverse

Source Code

PyDataverse is actively developed on GitHub, where the code is always available.

You can either clone the public repository:

git clone git://github.com/gdcc/pyDataverse.git

Or download the archive of the master branch as a zip:

curl -OL https://github.com/gdcc/pyDataverse/archive/master.zip

Once you have a copy of the source, you can embed it in your own Python package:

cd pyDataverse
pip install .

Development

To set up your development environment, see Creating a development environment.