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@dantypas3 dantypas3 released this 16 Feb 20:13
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elAPI Plugins v1.0.0 — Initial Release

Plugin tools for bulk importing and exporting resources and experiments in eLabFTW instances, developed as part of the INF Project of CRC 1638 at Heidelberg University.


Features

Export

  • Export resources (by category) or experiments to .xlsx files
  • Automatically extracts and flattens extra fields from eLabFTW metadata
  • Strips HTML from body content for clean spreadsheet output

Import

  • Create new resources or experiments from CSV files
  • Update existing entries using entity IDs
  • Supports: title, body, date, category, template, tags, file attachments, extra fields, and entity links
  • Intelligent column matching (case-insensitive, whitespace-tolerant)
  • Automatic delimiter detection (comma, semicolon, tab, pipe)

Installation

Platform Package
macOS (Apple Silicon) elAPI_Plugins_arm64.dmg
macOS (Intel) elAPI_Plugins_x86_64.dmg
Windows .exe installer
Linux Create env & run gui/gui.py (Python ≥ 3.11)

Requirements

  • Python ≥ 3.11 (Linux / source installs)

Developed at the Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH) · SFB 1638 · INF Project