cffconvert 0.0.4

Read CFF formatted CITATION file from a GitHub url or local file and convert it to BibTeX, EndNote, RIS, Codemeta, .zenodo.json, or plain JSON

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cffconvert
==========

Read `CFF formatted
CITATION <https://github.com/citation-file-format>`__ file from a GitHub
url and convert it to various formats, such as:

1. BibTeX
2. EndNote
3. RIS
4. codemeta
5. plain JSON
6. Zenodo JSON

Supported types of GitHub URL:

1. ``https://github.com/<org>/<repo>``
2. ``https://github.com/<org>/<repo>/tree/<sha>``
3. ``https://github.com/<org>/<repo>/tree/<tagname>``
4. ``https://github.com/<org>/<repo>/tree/<branchname>``

``cffconvert`` does not support the full `CFF
spec <https://citation-file-format.github.io/assets/pdf/cff-specifications-1.0.3.pdf>`__
yet.

For users
=========

Install
-------

.. code:: bash

pip install cffconvert

Command line interface
----------------------

See ``cffconvert``'s options:

.. code:: bash

cffconvert --help

Shows:

.. code:: bash

Usage: cffconvert [OPTIONS]

Options:
-if, --infile TEXT Path to the CITATION.cff input file.
-of, --outfile TEXT Path to the output file.
-f, --outputformat TEXT Output format: bibtex|cff|codemeta|endnote|ris|zenodo
-u, --url TEXT URL of the repo containing the CITATION.cff (currently only github.com is supported; may
include branch name, commit sha, tag name). For example: 'https://github.com/citation-
file-format/cff-converter-python' or 'https://github.com/citation-file-format/cff-
converter-python/tree/master'
--validate Validate the CITATION.cff found at the URL or supplied through '--infile'
-ig, --ignore-suspect-keys If True, ignore any keys from CITATION.cff that are likely out of date, such as
'commit', 'date-released', 'doi', and 'version'.
--verbose Provide feedback on what was entered.
--version Print version and exit.
--help Show this message and exit.

Example usage, retrieve CITATION.cff from URL with ``curl``, output as BibTeX:

.. code:: bash

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/citation-file-format/cff-converter-python/44a8ad35d94dd50a8b5924d8d26402ae0d162189/CITATION.cff > CITATION.cff
cffconvert -f bibtex

Results in:

.. code:: bash

@misc{YourReferenceHere,
author = {
Jurriaan H. Spaaks and
Tom Klaver
},
title = {cff-converter-python},
month = {1},
year = {2018},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1162057},
url = {https://github.com/citation-file-format/cff-converter-python}
}

Example usage, let ``cffconvert`` retrieve CITATION.cff from URL, output as ``codemeta.json``:

.. code:: bash

cffconvert -f codemeta -u https://github.com/citation-file-format/cff-converter-python/tree/master -of codemeta.json

Contents of file ``codemeta.json``:

.. code:: json

{
"@context": [
"https://doi.org/10.5063/schema/codemeta-2.0",
"http://schema.org"
],
"@type": "SoftwareSourceCode",
"author": [
{
"@type": "Person",
"affiliation": {
"@type": "Organization",
"legalName": "Netherlands eScience Center"
},
"familyName": "Spaaks",
"givenName": "Jurriaan H."
},
{
"@type": "Person",
"affiliation": {
"@type": "Organization",
"legalName": "Netherlands eScience Center"
},
"familyName": "Klaver",
"givenName": "Tom"
},
{
"@type": "Person",
"affiliation": {
"@type": "Organization",
"legalName": "Netherlands eScience Center"
},
"familyName": "Verhoeven",
"givenName": "Stefan"
}
],
"codeRepository": "https://github.com/citation-file-format/cff-converter-python",
"datePublished": "2018-05-22",
"identifier": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1162057",
"keywords": [
"citation",
"bibliography",
"cff",
"CITATION.cff"
],
"license": "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0",
"name": "cffconvert",
"version": "0.0.4"
}


Convert the contents of a local file ``CITATION.cff`` into the format used by ``.zenodo.json`` files (see
`Zenodo's API docs <http://developers.zenodo.org/#representation>`__), while ignoring any keys that are likely out of date:

.. code:: bash

cffconvert -f zenodo --ignore-suspect-keys

Results in (note absence of ``date-released``, ``doi``, and ``version``):

.. code:: bash

{
"creators": [
{
"affiliation": "Netherlands eScience Center",
"name": "Spaaks, Jurriaan H."
},
{
"affiliation": "Netherlands eScience Center",
"name": "Klaver, Tom"
},
{
"affiliation": "Netherlands eScience Center",
"name": "Verhoeven, Stefan"
}
],
"keywords": [
"citation",
"bibliography",
"cff",
"CITATION.cff"
],
"license": {
"id": "Apache-2.0"
},
"title": "cffconvert"
}


For developers
==============

Install
-------

.. code:: bash

# get a copy of the cff-converter-python software
git clone https://github.com/citation-file-format/cff-converter-python.git
# change directory into cff-converter-python
cd cff-converter-python
# make a Python3.5 virtual environment named .venv35
virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3.5 .venv35
# activate the virtual environment
source ./.venv35/bin/activate
# install any packages that cff-converter-python needs
pip install -r requirements.txt
# install any packages used for development such as for testing
pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
# install the cffconvert package using symlinks
pip install --editable .

Running tests
-------------

.. code:: bash

# (from the project root)

# run unit tests
pytest test/

# run tests against live system (GitHub)
pytest livetest/


For maintainers
==============

Making a release
----------------

.. code:: bash

# make sure the release notes are up to date

# run the live tests and unit tests, make sure they pass

# register with PyPI test instance https://test.pypi.org

# I did the following in a virtual env

# make a source distribution:
python setup.py sdist
# install the 'upload to pypi/testpypi tool' aka twine
pip install twine
# upload the contents of the source distribtion we just made
twine upload --repository-url https://test.pypi.org/legacy/ dist/*

# checking the package
# pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ cffconvert

# check that the package works as it should when installed from pypitest

# FINAL STEP: upload to PyPI
twine upload dist/*

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