label-creator

• Github repository: https://github.com/digital-botanical-gardens-initiative/label-creator/

Features

Label Creator software permits to create all sorts of labels for the EMI project.

• It requests the Directus database, generates labels asked by the user and reserves them. Then it formats them in a pdf file to fit avery L4731, L4732 and L4736 labels, ready to print.

• It also generates labels from a CSV table, without adding them to Directus. This mode is made to easily print provisory labels or labels that don't fit EMI requirements.

• Finally it also permits to add universities to the Directus database in order to track samples across different institutions.

How to use:

• Windows: Simply download the .exe binary from the Releases tab and run it.

• Linux: Download the linux binary from the Releases tab, then add execution rights:

  sudo chmod +x label_creator_vxx_linux

  It will then be executable. If you want to run it from the command line, you can simply move it to a folder in the PATH (e.g., /usr/local/bin). Then you just need to type:

  label_creator_vxx_linux

  in bash.

• MacOS: Download the MacOS binary from the Releases tab, then add execution rights:

  sudo chmod +x label_creator_vxx_macos

  It will then be executable. If you want to run it from the command line, you can simply move it to a folder in the PATH. Then you just need to type:

  label_creator_vxx_macos

  in the terminal.

• General method: Clone the project, then set up an environment with poetry:

  poetry install

  Then activate the environment:

  poetry shell

  and run the label_creator.py script:

  python label_creator.py

  If you do not have poetry, you can install it with the command:

  pipx install poetry