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[EP-tech] Re: [SOLVED] Re: Best way to import local (or remote) files through EPrints' XML file

Hi all,
And thanks for the 2.039082e26 replies! Before starting to answer to your replies, let me give a heads-up as to how to import files in EPrints:
I made it work (with John's help), and one can import one or more files using as a minimum XML something like the following within an <eprint></eprint> tag: 

        <documents>
            <document>
                <files>
                    <file>
<filename>sampletextfile.txt</filename>
<url>file:///tmp/sampletextfile.txt</url>
                    </file>
                </files>
                <format>text</format>
                <language>en</language>
                <security>validuser</security>
                <main>sampletextfile.txt</main>
            </document>
            <document>
                <files>
                    <file>
<filename>sampletextfile2.txt</filename>
<url>file:///tmp/sampletextfile2.txt</url>
                    </file>
                </files>
                <format>text</format>
                <language>en</language>
                <security>validuser</security>
                <main>sampletextfile2.txt</main>
            </document>
        </documents>
In this example, two documents (and two files) are inserted, sampletextfile.txt and sampletextfile2.txt. EPrints then arranges for mime_type and all the rest. 

Now let's answer to some of your questions:
@John: As far as URL's are concerned, the library staff decided to move off "handle" in order to make my life (and our admins' lives) easier. If you have any suggestions, though, I'd be glad to hear them!
@Andy: Thanks for the sample PHP code. As I explained earlier, at the moment I managed to import one or more custom files using the abovementioned syntax. The truth is that I haven't checked DSpace export-file format, but I hoped it would be something quite easy. If not, I'll definitely look at your code and see how you handle things, so thanks again!
@Rory: I am keeping an extended documentation of my work on how to migrate from DSpace to EPrints. When I'm done with migration (we have some deadlines, so they're my first priority), I'll update the Wiki and upload my python-code to github, as you suggested, in order to make other people lives easier. Before uploading my script I need to add more documentation in it in order to make it usable to others. Before that, though, I'll definitely reply to your email entitled "DSpace to EPrints migration resources" with a few steps that need to be followed as a start. 

Thanks all again for the help!!



So let

On 23/09/2015 11:23 πμ, Rory McNicholl wrote:

Hello George, John, Adam, Andy and everyone,

It has struck me that, on the subject of migrating a DSpace repository to an Eprints one, there seems to be distinct lack of published guidance. This is daft given that I know lots of these migrations have been performed (in some cases by my own colleagues).

Googling "Dpsace to Eprints migration" results in more results pertaining to the inverse... and that can't be good!

so....


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From: eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk <eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk> on behalf of John Salter <J.Salter@leeds.ac.uk>
Sent: 22 September 2015 16:21
To: 'eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk'
Subject: [EP-tech] Re: Best way to import local (or remote) files through EPrints' XML file

Hi,
I hoped you'd look at the example first - and see that the documents/document bit was needed too. Sorry, I should have made that more clear.

I'm not sure what the Metafield/Id is complaining about.

 From memory, the $format bit is looking for a mime_type element - which is then split in a slash to get from 'image/jpeg' to
$major='image',
$minor = 'jpeg'

There is

bin/epadmin redo_mime_types

that may be useful - but won't stop those warnings.

Hope that helps a bit more!
Cheers,
John


-----Original Message-----
From: eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk [mailto:eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk] On Behalf Of George Mamalakis
Sent: 22 September 2015 15:52
To: eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Subject: [EP-tech] Re: Best way to import local (or remote) files through EPrints' XML file

Hi again, John,

It almost worked. The file was imported OK (I could see that through a
consequent export), but it was absent from the deposit menu (view or
edit). I uploaded a file from the menu, and from the export file the
difference was that the uploaded file was within
<documents><document></document></documents> tags. When I added them
(without any contents), the file was imported as expected, but I
received some warnings:

Starting EPrints Repository.
Connecting to DB ... done.
Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/MetaField/Id.pm line 50.
Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/MetaField/Id.pm line 50.
Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/MetaField/Id.pm line 50.
Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/MetaField/Id.pm line 50.
Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/MetaField/Id.pm line 50.
Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/MetaField/Id.pm line 50.
Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/MetaField/Id.pm line 50.
Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/MetaField/Id.pm line 50.
Use of uninitialized value $format in split at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/DataObj/Document.pm line 1684.
Use of uninitialized value $major in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/DataObj/Document.pm line 1689.
Use of uninitialized value $major in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/DataObj/Document.pm line 1689.
Use of uninitialized value $major in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/DataObj/Document.pm line 1689.
Use of uninitialized value $major in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/DataObj/Document.pm line 1689.
Use of uninitialized value $major in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/DataObj/Document.pm line 1689.
Use of uninitialized value $major in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/DataObj/Document.pm line 1689.
Use of uninitialized value $major in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/DataObj/Document.pm line 1689.
Use of uninitialized value $major in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/DataObj/Document.pm line 1689.
Use of uninitialized value $major in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/DataObj/Document.pm line 1689.
Use of uninitialized value $major in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/DataObj/Document.pm line 1689.
Use of uninitialized value $major in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/DataObj/Document.pm line 1689.
Use of uninitialized value $major in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/share/eprints3/bin/../perl_lib/EPrints/DataObj/Document.pm line 1689.
Number of records imported: 1
267
Ending EPrints Repository.


The first warnings are always shown in my installation; the Document.pm
part is new. As it seems, some values are not initialised correctly.
Nonetheless, the import works, and when I visit the edit page, the
missing fields are indicated. So the next thing I'll do is to infer
their contents from their DSpace counterparts.

Thanks again, when I manage to import it without a warning, I'll mark
the thread as [SOLVED]. But I'll continue with my trials tomorrow.

Have a nice evening everyone!

George.

On 22/09/2015 05:06 μμ, John Salter wrote:

Hi George,
I think this: http://wiki.eprints.org/w/Import_From_URL is still valid - if your folder is copied onto the EPrints server, you can use a 'file' url:
<files>
            <file>
                  <filename>stuff.txt</filename>
                  <url>file:///home/data/dspace/123/stuff.txt</url>
            </file>
<files>

I'm not sure exactly which bits of metadata are required - e.g. whether EPrints will calculate the filesize if you don’t specify it, and whether it will work out the mime-type.

Cheers,
John


-----Original Message-----
From: eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk [mailto:eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk] On Behalf Of George Mamalakis
Sent: 22 September 2015 14:41
To: eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Subject: [EP-tech] Best way to import local (or remote) files through EPrints' XML file

Hi everybody!

I'm very close to finishing my EPrints configuration + migration from
DSpace. The main thing that remains to be done, is the data migration part.

I've written a python script that generates an EPrints XML file based on
a DSpace csv file, that I'll upload to EPrints Wiki when it'll be done.

In order to complete it, I need to add the file, and I am not aware as
to what syntax I should use. I have a local folder whose subfolders
contain all DSPace files, where each subfolder name is the record id.
Therefore, my folder structure is somewhat like this:

/home/data/dspace/{record_id}

where {record_id} is the DSpace id of the specific record. What are the
minimum XML attributes that have to be added in my XML file in order for
EPrints to import the files? And how would an example XML entry look
like based on our example folder structure?

Thanks all in advance!



--
George Mamalakis

IT and Security Officer,
Electrical and Computer Engineer (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki),
PhD (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki),
MSc (Imperial College of London)

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

phone number : +30 (2310) 994379



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IT and Security Officer,
Electrical and Computer Engineer (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki),
PhD (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki),
MSc (Imperial College of London)

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

phone number : +30 (2310) 994379