v1.0.0 - Initial Stable Release
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
.xlsxfiles - 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