and I used those requests from Peter and started to build a REST tester along with a script that creates test data: communities, collections, and items with fake metadata maybe you can use the script as a template see https://github.com/akinom/do-dspace-rest
Monika ________________ Monika Mevenkamp [email protected] http://mo-meven.tumblr.com/ <http://mo-meven.tumblr.com/> http://mcmprogramming.com/mo.meven/ <http://mcmprogramming.com/mo.meven/> > On Sep 28, 2015, at 11:02 AM, Peter Dietz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hmm. There is always the REST API. If you have some sort of existing > structure information, you could built a tool that sends lots of requests > that create this structure in your DSpace via REST. > > Some bash scripts, that for example create communities and collections, using > REST. > https://github.com/DSpace-Labs/dspace-rest-requests > <https://github.com/DSpace-Labs/dspace-rest-requests> > > I would probably build this in a friendly language, such as python/php/java, > rather than pure bash, as you would likely need to add programming logic. > > ________________ > Peter Dietz > Longsight > www.longsight.com <http://www.longsight.com/> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > p: 740-599-5005 x809 > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Arthur Sady Cordeiro Rossetti > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > The problem is, Im not only importing the items, I need to catalogue them > into collections named acording to their theme I have more than 19.000 > items to import and between those I have no idea how many themes and > therefore how many collections I will need to put under specific structures, > I am going to use the Item import command in a later step, but first I need > to create the structure of collections. If it was for me I would do it > diferently, but its a request from the university library so I need to find a > way to insert those collections. I am trying to find a way where I don't need > to directly insert data in the sql database, because after seeing the map it > seems quite easy to forget some relation between tables and make things not > work properly. > > Thats why Im trying the packager command, at first I thought the > StructBuilder would solve my problem, and if it wern't for the fact it > doesn't recognize already existing structures, it really would. > > 2015-09-28 11:21 GMT-03:00 Peter Dietz <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>: > Hi Arthur, > > If all you are doing is batch importing lots of items into an existing > collection, or collections, then batch import is probably the easier tool. No > mets needed. All you need is a folder of files, and a spreadsheet, that you > add metadata into columns and rows. > > https://github.com/DSpace-Labs/SAFBuilder > <https://github.com/DSpace-Labs/SAFBuilder> > > And another option is from Terry at Georgetown: > http://georgetown-university-libraries.github.io/batch-tools/ > <http://georgetown-university-libraries.github.io/batch-tools/> > > SAFBuilder is a command line tool. I've just started working on building a > web frontend for it, to eventually make it easier for users to get started > with. > > ________________ > Peter Dietz > Longsight > www.longsight.com <http://www.longsight.com/> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > p: 740-599-5005 x809 <tel:740-599-5005%20x809> > On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Arthur Sady Cordeiro Rossetti > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hi guys, I want to create an empty collection in the my Dspace instance > through the command line to be able to import a huge amount of data under an > existing structure instead of having to do it manually (I tried the > StructBuilder command but it doesn't recognize an existing structure, it > creates a new one entirely) > > The problem for me is, I don't know how to create a METS.xml file that would > indicate an empty collection, anyone could give me a hand? > > I tried using an empty file, but it (as it should) failed. > > Thanks in advance for the attention > Best Regards > -- > Arthur Sady C. 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