From 526bd76bc7688825a3e4b79a4647d7edc95734f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Ward <ian@excess.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:17:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [#2083] package_create: make sure datasets have a valid type

---
 ckan/logic/action/create.py | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ckan/logic/action/create.py b/ckan/logic/action/create.py
index fef14af6489..814ff288ca6 100644
--- a/ckan/logic/action/create.py
+++ b/ckan/logic/action/create.py
@@ -127,8 +127,19 @@ def package_create(context, data_dict):
     model = context['model']
     user = context['user']
 
-    package_type = data_dict.get('type')
-    package_plugin = lib_plugins.lookup_package_plugin(package_type)
+    if 'type' not in data_dict:
+        package_plugin = lib_plugins.lookup_package_plugin()
+        try:
+            # use first type as default if user didn't provide type
+            package_type = plugin.package_types()[0]
+        except AttributeError:
+            package_type = 'dataset'
+            # in case a 'dataset' plugin was registeres w/o fallback
+            package_plugin = lib_plugins.lookup_package_plugin(package_type)
+        data_dict['type'] = package_type
+    else:
+        package_plugin = lib_plugins.lookup_package_plugin(data_dict['type'])
+
     if 'schema' in context:
         schema = context['schema']
     else: