orcli (💎+🤖)

Bash script to control OpenRefine via its HTTP 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 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 to additional formats like JSON or XML

Requirements

• GNU/Linux with Bash 4+
• jq
• curl
• OpenRefine 😉

Install

1. Navigate to the OpenRefine program directory

2. Download bash script there and make it executable

wget https://github.com/opencultureconsulting/orcli/raw/main/orcli
chmod +x orcli

3. Create a symlink in your $PATH (e.g. to ~/.local/bin)

ln -s "${PWD}/orcli" ~/.local/bin/

Usage

Ensure you have OpenRefine running (i.e. available at http://localhost:3333 or another URL) or use the integrated start command first.

Use integrated help screens for available options and examples for each command.

$ orcli --help
orcli - OpenRefine command-line interface written in Bash

Usage:
  orcli [command]
  orcli [command] --help | -h
  orcli --version | -v

Commands:
  batch    start tmp OpenRefine workspace and run multiple orcli commands
  import   import commands
  list     list projects on OpenRefine server
  info     show project metadata
  export   export commands

Options:
  --help, -h
    Show this help

  --version, -v
    Show version number

Environment Variables:
  OPENREFINE_URL
    URL to OpenRefine server
    Default: http://localhost:3333

Examples:
  orcli import csv "https://git.io/fj5hF" --projectName "duplicates"
  orcli list
  orcli info "duplicates"
  orcli export tsv "duplicates"
  orcli export tsv "duplicates" --output "duplicates.tsv"
  orcli batch \
    import csv "https://git.io/fj5hF" --projectName "duplicates" \
    info "duplicates" \
    export tsv "duplicates"

https://github.com/opencultureconsulting/orcli

Development

orcli uses bashly for generating the one-file script from files in the src directory

1. Install bashly (requires ruby)

gem install bashly

2. Edit code in src directory

3. Generate script

bashly generate