DAR CLI

Command line interface tool for creating draft records and uploading files in Invenio Dar component.

Features

• Create record drafts
  • Single draft creation
  • Batch draft creation - not implemented yet
• Edit draft metadata - not implemented yet
• Upload files to drafts (maximum 100GB per file)
  • Single file upload
  • Batch file upload
• Delete drafts

Requirements

• Python 3.10 or higher
• Generated user token in the Dar

Linux Installation and run

pip install mu-invenio-cli
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Alternate Installation (Windows)

py -m pip install --user pipx
py -m pipx ensurepath (reopen terminal)
pipx install mu-invenio-cli
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Updating -- to keep up with latest features

pip install --upgrade mu-invenio-cli
# or
pipx upgrade mu-invenio-cli

Troubleshooting

If you encounter an error related to tkinter, you might need to install additional dependencies based on your operating system.

Linux users might need to install tkinter dependencies:

sudo apt-get install python3-tk

Windows users might need to install tcl/tk dependencies - if Python was installed via chocolatey:

choco install tcl
choco install tk

MacOS users might need to install tcl/tk dependencies - if Python was installed via brew:

brew install tcl-tk

Required configuration

Config file is created during the first run and can be edited via the cli tool.

Variables:

• BASE_API_URL = URL of the Invenio API (for our dar repository: https://dar.elter-ri.eu/api/)
• API_TOKEN = User token generated in the Dar
• MODEL = Model of the record (e.g. datasets, external-datasets)