Home Library CLI

Introduction

The Home Library CLI is a Java library providing command line interface to Home Library WebApp.

This CLI library has following features:

• Create Folder: to create a folder in the root or in a subfolder.
• List Folder: to list the content of a specific folder.
• Upload a file: to upload a file in given folder.
• Remove files and folders: to remove a file or a folder (including subforders).
• Test: a simple test to check the correct behavior of the features above.

The following sections will discuss each of these commands in turn, and discuss how to use them with Home Library CLI.

Usage

Prerequisites

Home Library CLI is a jar-with-depencencies, you only need a Java 7 JDK. Download the latest release from the here or by clicking this link: xxx

Start

After downloading the Home Library CLI jar just start it as follows:

java -jar home-library-cli-<$version>-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar

NOTE: Replace <$version> with the current version.

This starts the library and writes some help lines:

user@my-pc:~$ java -jar home-library-cli-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar
 
Usage: java -jar home-library-cli-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar <command>
Where <command> is:
	mkdir
	ls
	rm
	put
	test

Run the Test

To check the correct behavior of all the features:

java -jar home-library-cli-<$version>-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar test

Example:

user@my-pc:~$ java -jar home-library-cli-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar test
 
param N.0: test
List Folder /
Response Code : 200
0 elements found 
 
Create Folder myFolder-7cf437b6-e21f-4f87-a4a3-73f0b2a515c2
Response Code : 200
myFolder-7cf437b6-e21f-4f87-a4a3-73f0b2a515c2 created in / 
 
Save images in myFolder-7cf437b6-e21f-4f87-a4a3-73f0b2a515c2
 
List Folder /
Response Code : 200
0 elements found 
 
Response Code : 200
myFolder-7cf437b6-e21f-4f87-a4a3-73f0b2a515c2 deleted.
 
HL CLI test successfully completed.

Create a directory

To create a directory, if it does not already exist.

java -jar home-library-cli-<$version>-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar mkdir name [path] [description]

Mandatory arguments:

• name: the name of the new folder.

Optional arguments:

• path: the path where the directory will be created (by default the directory will be created in the ROOT).
• description: the description of the new folder.

Example

user@my-pc:~$ java -jar home-library-cli-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar mkdir myFolder
 
param N.0: mkdir
param N.1: myFolder
Create Folder myFolder
Response Code : 200
myFolder created.

Save a file

java -jar home-library-cli-<$version>-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar put fileURL [destinationPath] [name]

Mandatory arguments:

• fileURL: the URL of the file to save.

Optional arguments:

• destinationPath: the path where the file will be saved (by default the file will be saved in the ROOT).
• name: the description of the new folder (by default the original name will be preserved)

Example

user@my-pc:~$ java -jar home-library-cli-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar put /home/user/Downloads/image.jpg myFolder
 
param N.0: put
param N.1: /home/user/Downloads/image.jpg
param N.2: myFolder
/myFolder/image.jpg saved.

List a Folder

java -jar home-library-cli-<$version>-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar ls directory

Mandatory arguments:

• directory: the absolute path of the directory to list.

Example

user@my-pc:~$ java -jar home-library-cli-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar ls myFolder
 
param N.0: ls
param N.1: myFolder
Response Code : 200
1 items found.
myFolder/image.jpg

Remove files or directories

To remove files or directories:

java -jar home-library-cli-<$version>-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar rm fileOrDirectory

Mandatory arguments:

• fileOrDirectory: the absolute path of the directory or file to remove.

Example

Remove a file:

user@my-pc:~$ java -jar home-library-cli-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar rm myFolder/image.jpg
 
param N.0: rm
param N.1: myFolder/image.jpg
Response Code : 200
/myFolder/image.jpg deleted.

Remove a directory:

user@my-pc:~$ java -jar home-library-cli-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar rm myFolder
 
param N.0: rm
param N.1: myFolder
Response Code : 200
myFolder deleted.