metadata-to-json

Small python3 script that converts Metadata XML to JSON format

Requirements

• sudo apt install python3 python3-openssl python3-urllib3
• cd /opt ; sudo git clone https://github.com/malavolti/metadata-to-json.git

Cron Jobs

• Put the following command into your preferred CRON Jobs:

  • Choose ONE of the following command to consider only ONE metadata stream:

    • IDEM Test Metadata:
      • /usr/bin/wget http://md.idem.garr.it/metadata/idem-test-metadata-sha256.xml -O /opt/metadata-to-json/metadata/idem-test-metadata-sha256.xml >> /opt/metadata-to-json/logs/wget-idem-test.log 2>&1
    • IDEM Production Metadata:
      • /usr/bin/wget http://md.idem.garr.it/metadata/idem-metadata-sha256.xml -O /opt/metadata-to-json/metadata/idem-metadata-sha256.xml >> /opt/metadata-to-json/logs/wget-idem.log 2>&1
    • EDUGAIN2IDEM Metadata:
      • /usr/bin/wget http://md.idem.garr.it/metadata/edugain2idem-metadata-sha256.xml -O /opt/metadata-to-json/metadata/edugain2idem-metadata-sha256.xml >> /opt/metadata-to-json/logs/wget-edugain2idem.log 2>&1

  • Use one of the following commands to generate EDS JSON file for the specific stream:

    • IDEM Test Metadata:
      • /usr/bin/python3 /opt/metadata-to-json/extractDataFromMD.py -m /opt/metadata-to-json/metadata/idem-test-metadata-sha256.xml > /opt/metadata-to-json/logs/extractDataFromMD.log 2>&1
    • IDEM Production Metadata:
      • /usr/bin/python3 /opt/metadata-to-json/extractDataFromMD.py -m /opt/metadata-to-json/metadata/idem-metadata-sha256.xml > /opt/metadata-to-json/logs/extractDataFromMD.log 2>&1
    • EDUGAIN2IDEM Metadata:
      • /usr/bin/python3 /opt/metadata-to-json/extractDataFromMD.py -m /opt/metadata-to-json/metadata/edgugain2idem-metadata-sha256.xml > /opt/metadata-to-json/logs/extractDataFromMD.log 2>&1

  Example Crontab:

     20 * * * * /usr/bin/wget http://md.idem.garr.it/metadata/edugain2idem-metadata-sha256.xml -O /opt/metadata-to-json/metadata/edugain2idem-metadata-sha256.xml > /opt/metadata-to-json/logs/wget-edugain2idem.log 2>&1
  
     21 * * * * /usr/bin/python3 /opt/metadata-to-json/extractDataFromMD.py -m /opt/metadata-to-json/metadata/edugain2idem-metadata-sha256.xml > /opt/metadata-to-json/logs/extractDataFromMD.log 2>&1