CKAN DataStore csv to xml conversion/download problem: field with space

[Gianpiero Guerrera]

Hi! I'm running CKAN 2.9.9 instance. I've a problem during the conversion process of csv resource download in xml. In particular, if the CSV contains fields with spaces (e.g., number of people), this generates an XML file with an invalid tag (<number of people>). Would it be possible to define a way to convert spaces to "_"?

Best Regards

[Adrià Mercader]

Hi Gianpiero,

This looks like something that needs to be fixed. Would you mind creating an issue on the CKAN repo with all details?

https://github.com/ckan/ckan/issues

That will make it easier for someone to provide help.

Thanks

Adrià

On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 at 09:14, Gianpiero Guerrera <gdev.new...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi! I'm running CKAN 2.9.9 instance. I've a problem during the conversion process of csv resource download in xml. In particular, if the CSV contains fields with spaces (e.g., number of people), this generates an XML file with an invalid tag (<number of people>). Would it be possible to define a way to convert spaces to "_"?

Best Regards

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[Gianpiero Guerrera]

Thank you Andrià.

Do you think is it a CKAN bug or a DataStore/DataPusher extension bug?

Best Regards,

[Adrià Mercader]

My first guess would be the DataStore's XMLWriter:

https://github.com/ckan/ckan/blob/89107b266508a830e903d2765670827380f1e5ae/ckanext/datastore/writer.py#L134