README.md

Manifest Generator

An automated program to generate IIIF Presentation Manifests from static, downloaded RDF-JSON data. Provides a command-line interface for parsing and converting all necessary elements into an IIIF Manifest.

Installation

1. Clone this repository
2. Install dependencies by running npm install from within the folder

Usage

1. Generate a manifest by running node src/BookInfoRetriever.js <media page url> [... more urls] to generate a manifest for the given media page.
2. Copy the output JSON and paste into a text file.
3. Edit the EDIT_ME portions of the text as appropriate
4. Upload text file in deployment environment

Example:

$ node src/BookInfoRetriever.js https://my.site/media_page
Beginning decoding...
Generating manifest for page: https://my.site/media_page
Beginning construction for: https://my.site/media_page
Using image file: image.jpeg

{
  ...manifest
}

Important Links

• Cantaloupe Main Page
• Expiremental Scalar Webbsite
• IIIF Presentation API Documentation
• IIIF Manifest Validator
• IIIF Workshop
• Mirador Main Page