Cirneco: command-line client for DataCite MDS

Cirneco is a command-line client for the DataCite Metadata Store (MDS), written as Ruby gem. Uses the MDS API, and includes several utlity functions.

The following functionality is supported:

• the MDS API (DOI, Metadata and Media APIs) is fully supported
• generates valid metadata, using Schema 4.0 (currently only partial support of available metadata fields)
• generates a DOI name to be used for registration, using a random number that is Base32 Crockford encoded and includes a checksum

• valid username and password for DataCite MDS account (production and/or test system)

The usual way with Bundler: add the following to your Gemfile to install the current version of the gem:

gem 'cirneco'

Then run bundle install to install into your environment.

You can also install the gem system-wide in the usual way:

gem install cirneco

Configure ENV variables MDS_USERNAME, MDS_PASSWORD and PREFIX, e.g. by storing them in file .env (see .env.xample) in same directory you run the command.

The commands map to the commands available in the DataCite MDS API.

Return all DOIs registered for the data center

cirneco doi get all

Return URL registered for DOI in the handle system

cirneco doi get 10.5555/1234

Save metadata for DOI into file 1234.xml in same directory

cirneco metadata get 10.5555/1234

Post metadata from file 1234.xml in same directory

cirneco metadata post 1234.xml

Delete metadata for DOI (set is_active flag to false)

cirneco metadata delete 10.5555/1234

Save media information for DOI into file 1234.txt in same directory

cirneco media get 10.5555/1234

Post media information from file 1234.txt in same directory

cirneco media post 1234.xml

Commands to generate and check random DOIs, and for registering DOIs using markdown files with metadata in YAML frontmatter

Generate a random DOI in the format xxxx-xxxy where y is the checksum

cirneco doi generate

Decode DOI

cirneco doi decode 10.5072/0000-03VC

Check DOI for valid checksum

cirneco doi check 10.5072/0000-03VC

Mint a DOI with metadata from a markdown file with YAML frontmatter

cirneco doi mint /source/posts/cool-dois.html.md

Mint DOIs with metadata for all markdown files in a folder

cirneco doi mint /source/posts

Mint a DOI and hide metadata from a markdown file with YAML frontmatter

cirneco doi mint_and_hide /source/posts/cool-dois.html.md

Mint DOIs and hide metadata for all markdown files in a folder

cirneco doi mint_and_hide /source/posts

Hide DOI metadata for a markdown file with YAML frontmatter

cirneco doi hide /source/posts/cool-dois.html.md

Hide DOIs with metadata for all markdown files in a folder

cirneco doi hide /source/posts

Transfer a list of DOIs. A list of DOIs must be provided in a file

10.5438/5aep-2n86
10.5438/cd2b-xj80

cirneco doi transfer --target DATACITE.DATACITE --jwt {YOUR-JSON-WEB-TOKEN} ./doi_transfer.txt

Change the state of a list of DOIs. Note that all DOIS in the list must be in the previous state. A list of DOIs must be provided in a file

10.5438/5aep-2n86
10.5438/cd2b-xj80

In this example, we change alist of registered DOI to findable DOIS.

cirneco doi bulk_state_change --operation publish ./test_doi_status_change.csv

We use rspec for unit testing:

bundle exec rspec

Follow along via Github Issues.

• Fork the project
• Write tests for your new feature or a test that reproduces a bug
• Implement your feature or make a bug fix
• Do not mess with Rakefile, version or history
• Commit, push and make a pull request. Bonus points for topical branches.

cirneco is released under the MIT License.