Changelog: slk_helpers v1.5.7

Update from slk_helpers v1.2.x to v1.5.7

Please have a look here for a detailed description of the new features and here for an incremental changelog.

Highlight Fixes

• hsm2json: new command to extract file metadata from the HSM (StrongLink); printed/written out as JSON

• json2hsm: new command to read metadata from a JSON file and to write this metadata to the StrongLink metadata database

• metadata got a new parameter

All Fixes and new features

• slk_helpers hsm2json

  • new command

  • extract file metadata from the HSM (StrongLink) and printed/written out as JSON

• slk_helpers json2hsm

  • new command

  • read metadata from a JSON file and to write this metadata to the StrongLink metadata database

• slk_helpers list_search

  • in the past, all search results were collected and printed all together in the end; now, the results are printed continuously

• slk_helpers metadata

  • got the parameter --alternative-output-format which will cause metadata to print a slightly modified output which might be simpler to parse

Known issues

• Collecting search results takes some time: 20 to 60 seconds per 1000 results. Therefore, slk_helpers list_search collects small sets of results and prints them repeatedly until all search results are printed. There might be a break of up to one minute until a subsequent set of results is printed.

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