Adlib

NodeJS based CLI tools for Adlib Museum

This package contains a set of command line tools that allows you to interact with Adlib data in a flexible, structured and efficient way.

Requirements

You'll need to install the Node core package which contains the npm command line tool.

Installation

1/ Clone/Download this repository to your local machine:

$ git clone https://bitbucket.org/netsensei/adlib

2/ Install the dependencies

$ cd adlib
$ npm install

3/ Make the commands globally available in your system:

$ npm link

Note: you might need to execute sudo npm link instead if you are not permitted to link the commands.

4/ You are ready to start using the command line tools

Usage

These commands are avialable:

• adlib-convert : Convert an Adlib DAT export to CSV
• adlib-scrape : Convert Adlib DAT file and scrape URL's from VKC.be website
• adlib-resolve : Convert the output of adlib-scrape into a Resolver import file
• adlib-pid : Convert a set of id's as a CSV file into valid PID's

This command wil convert a DAT export file to a CSV formatted data string that you can save to a CSV file.

Development

Lin Clark's Building a simple command line tool with npm is a great introduction to extending this tool with your own commands.

Dependencies on generic packages can be found on npmjs.com