GDELT TOOLKIT

Tools for downloading, parsing, and linting GDELT data, with CLI and Module Bindings

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CLI API

npm install -g gdelt-toolkit
 
gdelt <cmd> [args]
 
Commands:
  gdelt download  get gdelt by datetime
  gdelt lint      lint gdelt by datetime
  gdelt clean     clean cache

Download

Download GDELT file and ouput as JSON or N3 for specified UTC datetime (ISO-8601). GDELT files are published on the hour at 15min intervals; omitting the datetime arg will download the first file of the day. Downloads are cached locally.

Default rules for parsing GDELT tsv files are defined for JSON and N3.

gdelt download [-d YYYY-MM-DD | YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm] [-f] [--cachePath]
 
Options:
  --datetime, -d  datetime          [defaults to today]
  --format,   -f  output format     [choices: "json", "n3"] [default: "json"]
  --cachePath     path to cache     [defaults to internal module cache]

Lint

Lint GDELT file for specified UTC datetime (ISO-8601), outputting linting errors as JSON. Omitting the datetime arg will download the first file of the day.

Default linting rules are defined here.

gdelt download [-d YYYY-MM-DD | YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm] [--cachePath]
 
Options:
  --datetime, -d  datetime          [default to today]
  --cachePath     path to cache     [defaults to internal module cache]

List

List all available GDELT files, outputting a JSON list of each file url, size, and checksum.

gdelt list [--cachePath]
 
Options:
  --cachePath     path to cache     [defaults to internal module cache]

Clean Cache

Clear cache of downloaded GDELT files.

gdelt clean
 
clean cache [--cachePath]
 
Options:
  --cachePath     path to cache     [defaults to internal module cache]