bulk download attachments from a list of item UUIDs (openEQUELLA)

equella bulk download.js

#!/usr/bin/env node
// given a set of item UUIDs, download all their attached files

// .equellarc file with credentials for API use
let options = require('rc')('equella', {})
let headers = { 'X-Authorization': 'access_token=' + options.token }
const fs = require('fs')
const request = require('request')

// construct API URL
let base_url = 'https://vault.cca.edu/api/item/'

// paste list of UUIDs/versions here e.g. 'abdecf-1234/1/'
// easy way to get UUIDs is to search, set max view per page
// then run this in chrome dev tools:
// a = []; $('.titlelink').each(function(){ a.push(this.href.replace(/.*\/items\//,'')) }); copy(a)
let items = [
  "4a07bbae-f584-4fa5-9280-e85cbf7b9dc5/1/",
  "0ddae300-55bd-400d-b8d3-7f411c990813/1/",
  "a4fe946d-43d7-4250-b1e8-18bbae3362b8/1/"
]

items.forEach((item) => {
    request.get(base_url + item,
        {
            'headers': headers,
            'json': true
        },
        (err, response, data) => {
            data.attachments.forEach( (att) => {
                if (att.type === 'file') {
                    console.log(`Downloading ${att.filename} from item ${data.links.view}`)
                    let file_url = 'https://vault.cca.edu/file/' + item + att.filename
                    request.get(file_url, {'headers': headers})
                        .on('error', err => console.log(err))
                        .pipe(fs.createWriteStream(att.filename))
                }
            })
        }
    ).on('error', err => console.log(err))
})