RO Crates Preparer

Overview

The RO Crates Preparer is a Python-based tool designed to prepare Research Object (RO) crates for various pipelines. It supports generating RO-Crate metadata, extracting files from subdirectories, and creating HTML previews.

Features

• Generates RO-Crate metadata for pipeline outputs.
• Supports multiple RO crates preparation from a list of directories.
• Extracts files from subdirectories and prepares them for inclusion in the RO crate.
• Creates HTML previews and zips the output folder.

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• tqdm==4.64.1
• requests==2.27.1
• beautifulsoup4==4.12.3
• arcp==0.2.1

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone <repository_url>
   cd <repository_directory>

2. Install the required Python packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

To prepare an RO crate, run the following command:

python ro_crates_preparer.py <original_crate_zip_url> <destination_folder> [--extract_multiple]

• <original_crate_zip_url>: The URL of the original RO crate zip file.
• <destination_folder>: The path to the destination folder where the RO crate will be prepared.
• --extract_multiple: Optional flag to extract files from multiple subdirectories.

Example

python ro_crates_preparer.py https://example.com/original_crate.zip /path/to/destination --extract_multiple