https://github.com/tw4l/metsflask

A web application for human-friendly exploration of Archivematica METS files
https://github.com/tw4l/metsflask

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A web application for human-friendly exploration of Archivematica METS files

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tw4l/metsflask
• Owner: tw4l
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-03-31T04:24:13.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2020-09-20T03:01:16.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-01T10:51:24.816Z (12 months ago)
• Topics: archivematica, code4lib, mets-xml
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 12.4 MB
• Stars: 26
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 10
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# METSFlask  

A web application for human-friendly exploration of Archivematica METS files.

## Live site (try it out!):  

[http://bitarchivist.pythonanywhere.com/](http://bitarchivist.pythonanywhere.com/)  

All files uploaded to METSFlask are deleted after being read into the database. Database entries are deletable by all users at any time. That is to say - feel free to upload and view your own files! You can delete them from the web app as soon as you're done.

## Screenshots

Home page:

![index](screenshots/index.png)

AIP METS file view:

![aip](screenshots/aip.png)

![aip_1](screenshots/aip_1.png)

File detail view:

![detail](screenshots/detail.png)

## Install locally (dev):  

Requires Python 3.4+ or higher.

* Clone files and cd to directory:  

`git clone https://github.com/tw4l/METSFlask && cd METSFlask`  

* Set up virtualenv:  

`virtualenv venv`  

* Activate virtualenv:  

`source venv/bin/activate`  

* Install requirements:  

`pip install -r requirements.txt`   

* Create database:  

`chmod a+x db_create.py`    

`./db_create.py`  

* Run (on localhost, port 5000):  

`./run.py`  

* Go to `localhost:5000` in browser.  

## Creators

* Canadian Centre for Architecture

* Tessa Walsh

This project was initially developed in 2016-2017 for the [Canadian Centre for Architecture](https://www.cca.qc.ca) by Tessa Walsh, Digital Archivist, as part of the development of the Archaeology of the Digital project.