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# orcli (💎+🤖)
Bash script to control OpenRefine via [its HTTP API](https://docs.openrefine.org/technical-reference/openrefine-api).
## Features
* works with latest OpenRefine version (currently 3.5)
* batch processing (import, transform, export)
* orcli takes care of starting and stopping OpenRefine with temporary workspaces
* your existing OpenRefine data will not be touched
* import CSV, ~~TSV, line-based TXT, fixed-width TXT, JSON or XML~~ (and specify input options)
* supports stdin, multiple files and URLs
* transform data by providing an [undo/redo](https://docs.openrefine.org/manual/running#history-undoredo) JSON file
* orcli calls specific endpoints for each operation to provide improved error handling and logging
* supports stdin, multiple files and URLs
* export to TSV, ~~CSV, HTML, XLS, XLSX, ODS~~
* ~~[templating export](https://docs.openrefine.org/manual/exporting#templating-exporter) to additional formats like JSON or XML~~
## Requirements
* GNU/Linux with Bash 4+
* [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq)
* [curl](https://curl.se)
* [OpenRefine](https://openrefine.org) 😉
## Install
1. Navigate to the OpenRefine program directory
2. Download bash script there and make it executable
```sh
wget https://github.com/opencultureconsulting/orcli/raw/main/orcli
chmod +x orcli
```
3. Optional: Create a symlink in your $PATH (e.g. to ~/.local/bin)
```sh
ln -s "${PWD}/orcli" ~/.local/bin/
```
## Usage
Use integrated help screens for available options and examples for each command.
```sh
orcli --help
```
## Development
orcli uses [bashly](https://github.com/DannyBen/bashly/) for generating the one-file script from files in the `src` directory
1. Install bashly (requires ruby)
```sh
gem install bashly
```
2. Edit code in [src](src) directory
3. Generate script
```sh
bashly generate --upgrade
```