medic-import v0.3.0

Overview

Medic Import is a set of NodeJS tools to help you import your data into Medic Mobile. Importing is a two step process, first format and prepare your raw data then import it.

The following command line tools are installed with this package:

• medic-export-mysql-query
• medic-format-csv
• medic-import

Getting Started

A new import project typically begins with a spreadsheet of raw data that you want to import. This might be an export from a database or maintained some other way.

Create a directory for your project:

mkdir medic-projects-493

Create your package.json:

{
  "name": "medic-projects-493",
  "dependencies": {
    "medic-import": "latest"
  }
}

Install the dependencies:

npm install

Project Templates

Medic Import is bundled with a set of project templates for common import tasks. This is a good starting point for your projects. You can just copy and modify these files in your working directory to get started. Each project template also includes a Makefile so after installing you can execute make to run the example.

• Import users
• Import users with related data
• Import contacts (places and people)

Example:

cp node_modules/medic-import/project-templates/import-users/* .
make

Related Data

Related data should always be created first.