The Command Line Import

The Command Line Importer tool (CLI) allows you to add images into an OMERO.server from the command line, and is ideally suited for anyone wanting to use a shell-scripted or web-based front-end interface for importing. Based upon the same set of libraries as the standard importer, the command line version supports the same files formats and functions in much the same way. (For a full list of supported file types, see: LOCI bio-formats library).

Starting the Command Line Importer

There are two ways to use the importer: Either by using the included shell scripts for Linux and Macintosh, or by calling the ome.formats.importer.cli.CommandLineImporter class directly from java on the command line (you will also need to include a path to the required support jars - look inside of the importer-cli scripts for an example of how to do this)

An example of starting the importer from the command line might look like this:

./importer-cli ...

From server installation

#!sh
bin/omero -s localhost -u user import ...

This can also be used to detect what a command ''would'' import.

#!sh
bin/omero import -f /path/to/file

will print on standard out a list of all the files which would be imported in groups separated by "#" comments.

Command Line Options

The Command Line Importer tool takes a number of mandatory and optional arguments to run, as follows:

Usage:  importer-cli [OPTION]... [DIR|FILE]... 
or:   importer-cli [OPTION]... - 

Import any number of files into an OMERO instance.
If "-" is the only path, a list of files or directories 
is read from standard in. Directories will be searched for 
all valid imports.

Mandatory arguments:
 -s   OMERO server hostname
 -u   OMERO experimenter name (username)
 -w   OMERO experimenter password
 -k   OMERO session key (can be used in place of -u and -w)
 -f   Display the used files (does not require other mandatory arguments)

Optional arguments:
 -c   Continue importing after errors
 -a   Archive the original file on the server
 -l   Use the list of readers rather than the default
 -d   OMERO dataset Id to import image into
 -r   OMERO screen Id to import plate into
 -n   Image name to use
 -x   Image description to use
 -p   OMERO server port [defaults to 4064]
 -h   Display this help and exit

 --no_thumbnails     Do not perform thumbnailing after import
 --plate_name        Plate name to use
 --plate_description     Plate description to use
 --debug[=ALL|DEBUG|ERROR|FATAL|INFO|TRACE|WARN]    Turn debug logging on (optional level)
 --report        Report errors to the OME team
 --upload        Upload broken files with report
 --logs      Upload log file with report
 --email=...         Email for reported errors

 e.g. importer-cli -s localhost -u bart -w simpson -d 50 foo.tiff
 Report bugs to <ome-users@lists.openmicroscopy.org.uk>

These options will also be displayed on the command line by passing no arguments or "-h" to the importer.

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