Import System Identifiers

Import entity system identifiers.

opal import-ids <CREDENTIALS> <OPTIONS> [EXTRAS]

Options

Option

Description

--type TYPE, -t TYPE

Entity type of the data (e.g. Participant)

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

Import system identifiers from keyboard entries.

opal import-ids --opal https://opal-demo.obiba.org --user administrator --password password --type Participant

Import system identifiers from a file.

opal import-ids --opal https://opal-demo.obiba.org --user administrator --password password --type Participant < ids.txt

Example of a file of identifiers:

11123456
11345467
11995884
11423423