uploader
Dedicated container/script to upload files to openzim/kiwix warehouses
Files are uploaded via SFTP or SCP using OpenSSH and (pubkey authentication).
Files are uploaded to S3 assuming bucketName, keyId and secretAccessKey in query string.
Usage
- Specify file to upload with
--file. - Mount the RSA private key onto
/etc/ssh/keys/id_rsaor use--private_key - Use an
scp://,sftp://,s3://URLs to specify target. - Specify a full path (with filename) to upload to a specific name or end with a
/for uploading inside a folder
docker run \
-v ~/.ssh/id_rsa:/etc/ssh/keys/id_rsa:ro \
-v /path/:/path:rw \
ghcr.io/openzim/uploader \
uploader \
--file /path/my_file.zim \
--upload-uri sftp://uploader@warehouse.farm.openzim.org/zim/ \
--upload-uri "s3://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/?bucketName=my-bucket&keyId=my-key&secretAccessKey=my-secret" \
--move \
--delete
Parameters
--username: if your URI has no username, you can specify it here.--move: upload to a temporary filename (<fname>.tmp) and rename it upon completion. Note that SCP is not able to do it so it uploads an<fname>.completefile upon completion instead.--delete: delete source file once uploaded successfuly.--compress: enable transfer compression.--bandwidth: enable bandwidth limit. Set it in Kbps.--cipher: change default cipher (aes128-ctr).--resume: resume partially uploaded file (SFTP only)
Python
pip3 install kiwix_uploader[all]
uploader --help
from kiwix_uploader import check_and_upload_file
check_and_upload_file(
src_path="/path/my_file.zim",
upload_uri="sftp://uploader@warehouse.farm.openzim.org/zim/",
private_key="~/.ssh/id_rsa",
)
Note: check_and_upload_file returns an unix-like returncode (0 on success)
from kiwix_uploader import multi_file_upload
multi_file_upload(
src_path="/path/my_file.zim",
upload_uris=["sftp://uploader@warehouse.farm.openzim.org/zim/"],
private_key="~/.ssh/id_rsa",
)
Note: multi_file_upload returns an UploadResults (see upload module)
remove_file_retrying(
upload_url="sftp://uploader@warehouse.farm.openzim.org/zim/my_file.zim",
private_key=Path("~/.ssh/id_ed25519").expanduser()
)
Metadata
Release files for kiwix-uploader 1.7.3
For a detailed explanation of source distributions (sdists) and built distributions (wheels), please see the package formats documentation.
Source distribution (sdist)
| File | Size | Uploaded | Provenance | Actions |
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Built distribution (wheel)
| File | Interpreter | ABI | Platform | Actions Reset |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kiwix_uploader-1.7.3-py3-none-any.whl | Python 3 | none | any | Details for kiwix_uploader-1.7.3-py3-none-any.whl |
Total release size: 57.5 kB
Release files / kiwix_uploader-1.7.3.tar.gz
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| Uploaded via |
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