Usage with OpenRefine - RBGKew/String-Transformers GitHub Wiki

Using String Transformers with OpenRefine.

Installation

  1. Download and install OpenRefine.
  2. Download the String Transformers JAR and Apache Commons-Lang3 JAR
  3. Put both JAR files in OpenRefine's webapp/extensions/jython/module/MOD-INF/lib directory
  4. (Re)start OpenRefine.

Usage

  1. Import your data into OpenRefine.
  2. Select the heading of the column you wish to transform and choose Edit column → Add column based on this column…
  3. Select Jython from the Language dropdown
  4. Use an expression like this:
from org.kew.rmf.transformers import CapitalLettersExtractor

cle = CapitalLettersExtractor()
return cle.transform(value)
  1. Click OK!

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A full list of all Transformers is in the API Documentation.