Note: As future.eu is not longer active, Decidim.viz is not working anymore. Nevertheless, the code can be usted to retrieve data from others Decidim instances.
This repository contains the back-end part of Decidim.viz (http://viz.platoniq.net/). This projects aims to develop a dashboard to extract data from Decidim instances (https://meta.decidim.org/).
This repository contains the front-end part of Decidim.viz (http://viz.platoniq.net/). This projects aims to develop a dashboard to extract data from Decidim instances (https://meta.decidim.org/).
Decidim.viz is a dashboard for an instance of Decidim. The objective of Decidim.viz is to provide useful visualizations, metrics and statistical information to interested people.
Decidim.viz is a project promoted by Tecnopolitica.net (research unit Communication Networks and Social Change of Interdisciplinary Internet Institute group at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), with the sponsorship of the Office for Digital and Democratic Innovation of the Barcelona city council, and support of initiatives such as the association Heuristica.barcelona and the Platoniq Foundation, in the context of the D2, Data Space and Democracy, its broader aim is to prototype a tool that may contribute to make democratic participation on the Decidim platform more transparent and reflective.
This back-end is coded in Python + Django. So you need to install Python in your computer. After that, you need to install Django in a environment (or a virtual environment, please see https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html) of Python.
After Python is installed, you will need to get all the requirements listed in the requirements.txt file.
pip install -r requirements.txt
This project uses the Django Framework, so you maybe would like to take a look to the Django configuration file before proceeding to execute the project (https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/topics/settings/).
Run python manage.py runserver to run the back-end in your localhost.
This back-end read the data from a database and then send it to other application by using a REST API. https://github.com/DataPolitik/decidim_viz_front is a front-end application written in Typescript + Angular that we are also developing.
Sure, please, go to the issues section (https://github.com/DataPolitik/decidim_viz_front/issues) to see pending task, if you need inspiration. Also, you can propose new tasks by creating a new issue. Please, feel free to implement your contribution and, then, creating a pull request (https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request).
Finally, you can take a look to the document "Desarrollo de Decidim.Viz.pdf" to see the current technical status of the project as well as limitations found.