File

Manage files in the Opal file system.

opal file <PATH> <CREDENTIALS> [OPTIONS] [EXTRAS]

Arguments

Argument Description
PATH The path of the file in the Opal file system

Options

Option Description
--download, -dl Download a file or a folder (as a zip file)
--download-password PASSWORD, -dlp PASSWORD Password to encrypt the file content (8 characters minimum).
--upload UPLOAD, -up UPLOAD Upload a local file to a folder in Opal file system
--delete, -dt Delete a file on Opal file system
--force, -f Skip confirmation

Credentials

Authentication can be done by username/password credentials OR by personal access token OR by certificate/private key pair (two-way SSL authentication).

Option Description
--opal OPAL, -o OPAL Opal server base url
--user USER, -u USER Credentials auth: user name (requires a password)
--password PASSWORD, -p PASSWORD Credentials auth: user password (requires a user name)
--token TOKEN, -tk TOKEN Token auth: user’s personal access token
--ssl-cert SSL_CERT, -sc SSL_CERT Two-way SSL auth: certificate/public key file (requires a private key)
--ssl-key SSL_KEY, -sk SSL_KEY Two-way SSL auth: private key file (requires a certificate)

Extras

Option Description
-h, --help Show the command help’s message.
--verbose, -v Verbose output.
--json, -j Output pretty-print JSON

Example

Upload a file to Opal file system:

opal file --opal https://opal-demo.obiba.org --user administrator --password password -up /path/to/local/file /home/administrator

Download a folder (encrypted zip file) from Opal file system:

opal file --opal https://opal-demo.obiba.org --user administrator --password password --download-password foobar123 /home/administrator/export/collected > collected.zip

Download a file from Opal file system:

opal file --opal https://opal-demo.obiba.org --user administrator --password password -dl /home/administrator/HOP-FNAC2.xml > HOP-FNAC2.xml

Delete a file from Opal file system:

opal file --opal https://opal-demo.obiba.org --user administrator --password password -dt /home/administrator/HOP-FNAC2.xml