Creator User ID Schema

changes/230.canada.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added `creatore_user_id` as a syadmin only field in the Dataset schema, allowing for sysadmins to set this field.

ckan/logic/action/create.py

@@ -207,7 +207,10 @@ def package_create(
     if user:
         user_obj = model.User.by_name(six.ensure_text(user))
         if user_obj:
-            data['creator_user_id'] = user_obj.id
+            # (canada fork only): schema for creator_user_id
+            # TODO: upstream contrib!!
+            if not data.get('creator_user_id'):
+                data['creator_user_id'] = user_obj.id
             include_plugin_data = user_obj.sysadmin and plugin_data
 
     pkg, _change = model_save.package_dict_save(

ckan/logic/schema.py

@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ def default_create_package_schema(
                package_id_does_not_exist],
         'name': [
             not_empty, unicode_safe, name_validator, package_name_validator],
+        # (canada fork only): schema for creator_user_id
+        # TODO: upstream contrib!!
+        'creator_user_id': [ignore_missing, unicode_safe, ignore_not_sysadmin],
         'title': [if_empty_same_as("name"), unicode_safe],
         'author': [ignore_missing, unicode_safe],
         'author_email': [ignore_missing, unicode_safe, strip_value,