How to save projects to workspace files

[ernesto.o...@gmail.com]

Hello,

I am working in an automated pipeline to process/transform files with OpenRefine and https://github.com/opencultureconsulting/openrefine-client. The automation process creates the projects in OpenRefine from different files and I want to save the workspace after each file is processed for additional debugging.

The issue is that after each file is processed the OpenRefine workspace is just empty. Then I need to wait until the OpenRefine autosave is triggered to have the project files persisted in the workspace. With REFINE_AUTOSAVE_PERIOD I can configure this wait time to 1 minute but no less than that. Is there another way to trigger the save to workspace action as needed?

Regards,

Ernesto

[Thad Guidry]

Save projects is not part of the public API.
https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/blob/master/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/ProjectManagerStub.java#L96

In fact, OpenRefine's internal API is not a public interface and subject to change at any time.

There's also the issue of us not even persisting things immediately upon any Project Create as well:  https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/issues/3433

If you want a "save projects" as part of an exposed public API, then I think you would have to ask for a Feature request https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/issues/new/choose

With no guarantees on if anyone might work on this in the future, but I would say it's always still good to at least request a feature that is missing and is very important to your work.

Thad

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[Felix Lohmeier]

Hi Ernesto,

Closing OpenRefine triggers saving all projects. I would recommend to stop the OpenRefine server and start it again with the same (specific) data directory.

Best wishes,

Felix