[EP-tech] Re: CLI Import

[Field A.N.]

Hi Ray

	How's your perl?  I would suggest doing this with an API script -- then you'll have full access to the objects you create.  Have a look at the training resources in the pink box on the training page ( http://www.eprints.org/software/training/ ).  There are worked exercises and example code.

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Adam Field
Business Relationship Manager and Community Lead
EPrints Services




On 23 Jan 2015, at 16:18, CARRICK Ray wrote:

> Thanks for the reply, Adam.
> 
> I've since discovered 3.3 import has the plugin arguments in it. So that answers that bit.
> 
> What I want to achieve is to have a directory that someone can put files into and then I can have a cron job which imports whatever is in the directory on a regular basis.
> 
> What I'm doing with the import is:
> 
>   - I have a directory that someone will FTP data into
>   - I have a bash script which looks to see if anything is there and calls import on each item there
>   - if the import succeeds I delete/move aside the item so I don't consider it next time.
>   - the bash script gets called on a regular basis so that things that get deposited in the FTP directory will get imported.
> 
> So I need to be able test if the import worked or not (so I know to move/delete). Whatever I return from the plugin seems to get hidden by the import command which seems to always succeed. So at the moment, I am writing a result code to a file in /tmp as part of the plugin and checking that which is a bit clunky!
> 
> Hope that all makes sense.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ray.
> 
> 
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> Subject: [EP-tech] Re: CLI Import
> 
> Hi Ray
> 
>        As to point 1, you are correct.  This is not supported in 3.2.2 (I downloaded it and checked the script).  Point 2 is believable.  I think you may be using the import script in a way that wasn't envisaged.
> 
>        Perhaps you could let us know what you're trying to achieve, and we could suggest alternative routes to getting it sorted out.  I tend to control large imports from perl scripts using the API directly rather than from bash scripts.
> 
> --
> Adam Field
> Business Relationship Manager and Community Lead
> EPrints Services
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 22 Jan 2015, at 16:09, CARRICK Ray wrote:
> 
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> I have created a import plugin which uses the eprints/bin/import command
>> 
>> http://wiki.eprints.org/w/API:bin/import
>> 
>> and have 2 problems with it.
>> 
>> 1. in the doc it says you can pass arguments to the plugin by
>> 
>>          --argument key=value
>> 
>> this doesn't seem to be implemented in version EPrints 3.2.2 (Chocolate Cake)
>> 
>> 2. the return value of the plugin seems to get hidden by the import command. If I test the return value of the import command in a shell script it seems to return success no matter what.
>> 
>> Is there any other way to pass in parameters to the plugin and any way to get the success/failure of the plugin back out.
>> 
>> Any thoughts appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Ray.
>> 
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