Vesper to Ebird

This tool automatically converts Vesper CSV exports into appropriate NFC checklists suitable for importing into eBird.

Install

You need to have Node.js installed on your computer to use this program. Once you have node, you will automatically have npm installed, too. From your terminal, run this command:

npm i -g vesper-to-ebird

You will need to be comfortable with using your Terminal. I am not familiar with how to run this on Windows; I would suggest using something like Git BASH for using Bash and Node on Windows.

You'll also need to have Vesper installed and running; the input files this program expects can be exported as CSV files from Vesper's web client.

Usage

Usage
  $ vesper-to-ebird input [opts]

Arguments
  input        The input file or files, space delimited

Options
  --config     Optional path containing configuration
  --start      The starting time
  --stop       An end time
  --date       Specify a single date
  --station    Specify the station manually
  --export     Export results to a file

Examples
    $ vesper-to-ebird input.csv
    $ vesper-to-ebird input.csv input2.csv
    $ vesper-to-ebird input.csv --start="2020/09/04 21:30:00" --stop="2020/09/07 23:00:00" --export="2020-09-07 recorded"
    $ vesper-to-ebird input.csv --date="2020/09/08"
    $ vesper-to-ebird input.csv --station="NBNC"
    $ vesper-to-ebird --config ~/mytotallysecret/settings.json input.csv --date="2020/09/08"
    $ VESPER_TO_EBIRD_SETTINGS=~/mytotallysecret/settings.json vesper-to-ebird input.csv --date="2020/09/08"

Settings

The settings file represents an individual setup, with examples in ./settings.json

Specific settings can be used via the command line option --config, passing a path to a viable json file, or by settings the VESPER_TO_EBIRD_SETTINGS as a path to the desired configuration file. Below are examples of each.

--config

$ vesper-to-ebird --config ~/.birdzallday/settings.json output.csv

ENV variable

$ export VESPER_TO_EBIRD_SETTINGS=~/.birdzallday/settings.json
$ vesper-to-ebird output.csv

Contribute

Go ahead! Ping me first, though.

License

MIT © Richard Littauer