caoscrawler.converters.zipfile_converter module#

Converters take structure elements and create Records and new structure elements from them.

This converter opens zip files, unzips them into a temporary directory and exposes its contents as File structure elements.

class caoscrawler.converters.zipfile_converter.ZipFileConverter(definition: dict, name: str, converter_registry: dict)#

Convert zipfiles.

cleanup()#: This function is called when the converter runs out of scope and can be used to clean up objects that were needed in the converter or its children.

create_children(generalStore: GeneralStore, element: StructureElement)#: Loads an ROCrate from an rocrate file or directory.

Arguments:#

element must be a File or Directory (structure element).

Returns:#

A list with an ROCrateElement representing the contents of the .eln-file or None in case of errors.

setup()#: Analogous to cleanup. Can be used to set up variables that are permanently stored in this converter.

Arguments:#