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NAME
datalad addurls - create and update a dataset from a list of URLs.
SYNOPSIS
datalad addurls [-h] [-d DATASET] [-t TYPE] [-x REGEXP] [-m FORMAT] [--key FORMAT] [--message MESSAGE]
[-n] [--fast] [--ifexists {overwrite|skip}] [--missing-value VALUE] [--nosave] [--version-urls]
[-c PROC] [-J NJOBS] [--drop-after] [--on-collision {error|error-if-different|take-first|take-
last}] [--version] URL-FILE URL-FORMAT FILENAME-FORMAT
DESCRIPTION
Format specification
Several arguments take format strings. These are similar to normal Python format strings where the names
from `URL-FILE` (column names for a comma- or tab-separated file or properties for JSON) are available as
placeholders. If `URL-FILE` is a CSV or TSV file, a positional index can also be used (i.e., "{0}" for
the first column). Note that a placeholder cannot contain a ':' or '!'.
In addition, the `FILENAME-FORMAT` arguments has a few special placeholders.
- _repindex
The constructed file names must be unique across all fields rows. To
avoid collisions, the special placeholder "_repindex" can be added to
the formatter. Its value will start at 0 and increment every time a
file name repeats.
- _url_hostname, _urlN, _url_basename*
Various parts of the formatted URL are available. Take
"http://datalad.org/asciicast/seamless_nested_repos.sh" as an example.
"datalad.org" is stored as "_url_hostname". Components of the URL's
path can be referenced as "_urlN". "_url0" and "_url1" would map to
"asciicast" and "seamless_nested_repos.sh", respectively. The final
part of the path is also available as "_url_basename".
This name is broken down further. "_url_basename_root" and
"_url_basename_ext" provide access to the root name and extension.
These values are similar to the result of os.path.splitext, but, in the
case of multiple periods, the extension is identified using the same
length heuristic that git-annex uses. As a result, the extension of
"file.tar.gz" would be ".tar.gz", not ".gz". In addition, the fields
"_url_basename_root_py" and "_url_basename_ext_py" provide access to
the result of os.path.splitext.
- _url_filename*
These are similar to _url_basename* fields, but they are obtained with
a server request. This is useful if the file name is set in the
Content-Disposition header.
Examples
Consider a file "avatars.csv" that contains::
who,ext,link
neurodebian,png,https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/260793
datalad,png,https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/8927200
To download each link into a file name composed of the 'who' and 'ext' fields, we could run::
$ datalad addurls -d avatar_ds avatars.csv '{link}' '{who}.{ext}'
The `-d avatar_ds` is used to create a new dataset in "$PWD/avatar_ds".
If we were already in a dataset and wanted to create a new subdataset in an "avatars" subdirectory, we
could use "//" in the `FILENAME-FORMAT` argument::
$ datalad addurls avatars.csv '{link}' 'avatars//{who}.{ext}'
If the information is represented as JSON lines instead of comma separated values or a JSON array, you
can use a utility like jq to transform the JSON lines into an array that addurls accepts::
$ ... | jq --slurp . | datalad addurls - '{link}' '{who}.{ext}'
NOTE
For users familiar with 'git annex addurl': A large part of this
plugin's functionality can be viewed as transforming data from
`URL-FILE` into a "url filename" format that fed to 'git annex addurl
--batch --with-files'.
OPTIONS
URL-FILE
A file that contains URLs or information that can be used to construct URLs. Depending on the val‐
ue of --input-type, this should be a comma- or tab-separated file (with a header as the first row)
or a JSON file (structured as a list of objects with string values). If '-', read from standard
input, taking the content as JSON when --input-type is at its default value of 'ext'.
URL-FORMAT
A format string that specifies the URL for each entry. See the 'Format Specification' section
above.
FILENAME-FORMAT
Like `URL-FORMAT`, but this format string specifies the file to which the URL's content will be
downloaded. The name should be a relative path and will be taken as relative to the top-level
dataset, regardless of whether it is specified via --dataset or inferred. The file name may con‐
tain directories. The separator "//" can be used to indicate that the left-side directory should
be created as a new subdataset. See the 'Format Specification' section above.
-h, --help, --help-np
show this help message. --help-np forcefully disables the use of a pager for displaying the help
message
-d DATASET, --dataset DATASET
Add the URLs to this dataset (or possibly subdatasets of this dataset). An empty or non-existent
directory is passed to create a new dataset. New subdatasets can be specified with `FILENAME-FOR‐
MAT`. Constraints: Value must be a Dataset or a valid identifier of a Dataset (e.g. a path) or
value must be NONE
-t TYPE, --input-type TYPE
Whether `URL-FILE` should be considered a CSV file, TSV file, or JSON file. The default value,
"ext", means to consider `URL-FILE` as a JSON file if it ends with ".json" or a TSV file if it
ends with ".tsv". Otherwise, treat it as a CSV file. Constraints: value must be one of ('ext',
'csv', 'tsv', 'json') [Default: 'ext']
-x REGEXP, --exclude-autometa REGEXP
By default, metadata field=value pairs are constructed with each column in `URL-FILE`, excluding
any single column that is specified via `URL-FORMAT`. This argument can be used to exclude columns
that match a regular expression. If set to '*' or an empty string, automatic metadata extraction
is disabled completely. This argument does not affect metadata set explicitly with --meta.
-m FORMAT, --meta FORMAT
A format string that specifies metadata. It should be structured as "<field>=<value>". As an exam‐
ple, "location={3}" would mean that the value for the "location" metadata field should be set the
value of the fourth column. This option can be given multiple times.
--key FORMAT
A format string that specifies an annex key for the file content. In this case, the file is not
downloaded; instead the key is used to create the file without content. The value should be struc‐
tured as "[et:]<input backend>[-s<bytes>]--<hash>". The optional "et:" prefix, which requires git-
annex 8.20201116 or later, signals to toggle extension state of the input backend (i.e., MD5 vs
MD5E). As an example, "et:MD5-s{size}--{md5sum}" would use the 'md5sum' and 'size' columns to con‐
struct the key, migrating the key from MD5 to MD5E, with an extension based on the file name.
Note: If the *input* backend itself is an annex extension backend (i.e., a backend with a trailing
"E"), the key's extension will not be updated to match the extension of the corresponding file
name. Thus, unless the input keys and file names are generated from git-annex, it is recommended
to avoid using extension backends as input. If an extension is desired, use the plain variant as
input and prepend "et:" so that git-annex will migrate from the plain backend to the extension
variant.
--message MESSAGE
Use this message when committing the URL additions. Constraints: value must be NONE or value must
be a string
-n, --dry-run
Report which URLs would be downloaded to which files and then exit.
--fast If True, add the URLs, but don't download their content. WARNING: ONLY USE THIS OPTION IF YOU UN‐
DERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES. If the content of the URLs is not downloaded, then datalad will refuse
to retrieve the contents with `datalad get <file>` by default because the content of the URLs is
not verified. Add `annex.security.allow-unverified-downloads = ACKTHPPT` to your git config to by‐
pass the safety check. Underneath, this passes the `--fast` flag to `git annex addurl`.
--ifexists {overwrite|skip}
What to do if a constructed file name already exists. The default behavior is to proceed with the
`git annex addurl`, which will fail if the file size has changed. If set to 'overwrite', remove
the old file before adding the new one. If set to 'skip', do not add the new file. Constraints:
value must be one of ('overwrite', 'skip')
--missing-value VALUE
When an empty string is encountered, use this value instead. Constraints: value must be NONE or
value must be a string
--nosave
by default all modifications to a dataset are immediately saved. Giving this option will disable
this behavior.
--version-urls
Try to add a version ID to the URL. This currently only has an effect on HTTP URLs for AWS S3
buckets. s3:// URL versioning is not yet supported, but any URL that already contains a "version‐
Id=" parameter will be used as is.
-c PROC, --cfg-proc PROC
Pass this --cfg_proc value when calling CREATE to make datasets.
-J NJOBS, --jobs NJOBS
how many parallel jobs (where possible) to use. "auto" corresponds to the number defined by 'data‐
lad.runtime.max-annex-jobs' configuration item. Constraints: value must be convertible to type
'int' or value must be NONE or value must be one of ('auto',)
--drop-after
drop files after adding to annex.
--on-collision {error|error-if-different|take-first|take-last}
What to do when more than one row produces the same file name. By default an error is triggered.
"error-if-different" suppresses that error if rows for a given file name collision have the same
URL and metadata. "take-first" or "take-last" indicate to instead take the first row or last row
from each set of colliding rows. Constraints: value must be one of ('error', 'error-if-different',
'take-first', 'take-last') [Default: 'error']
--version
show the module and its version which provides the command
AUTHORS
datalad is developed by The DataLad Team and Contributors <team@datalad.org>.
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