Taxonomy

Manage taxonomies: list a summary of the available taxonomies if no option is provided, otherwise download, import or delete a taxonomy.

opal taxonomy <CREDENTIALS> [OPTIONS] [EXTRAS]

Options

Option

Description

--download DOWNLOAD, -dl DOWNLOAD

Download a taxonomy from the provided name, in YAML format

--import-file IMPORT_FILE, -if IMPORT_FILE

Import a taxonomy from a YAML file in Opal file system. Fail if the taxonomy already exists.

--delete DELETE, -dt DELETE

Delete a taxonomy from the provided name

--force, -f

Skip taxonomy deletion 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

List the taxonomies:

opal taxonomy --opal https://opal-demo.obiba.org --user administrator --password password --json

Download a taxonomy in YAML format:

opal taxonomy --opal https://opal-demo.obiba.org --user administrator --password password --download MyTaxo > MyTaxo.yml

Upload a local taxonomy file (in YAML format) into the Opal file system and import it:

opal file --opal https://opal-demo.obiba.org --user administrator --password password --upload /path/to/MyTaxo.yml /home/administrator
opal taxonomy --opal https://opal-demo.obiba.org --user administrator --password password --import-file /home/administrator/MyTaxo.yml

Delete a taxonomy:

opal taxonomy --opal https://opal-demo.obiba.org --user administrator --password password --delete MyTaxo