demonstrate-using-command-line.md

Demonstrate using Command Line

Prerequisite software

The following software programs need to be installed:

1. git
2. senzingapi

Clone repository

1. Set these environment variable values:

   export GIT_ACCOUNT=senzing
   export GIT_REPOSITORY=resolver
   export GIT_ACCOUNT_DIR=~/${GIT_ACCOUNT}.git
   export GIT_REPOSITORY_DIR="${GIT_ACCOUNT_DIR}/${GIT_REPOSITORY}"

2. Follow steps in clone-repository to install the Git repository.

Install

1. Install prerequisites:
   1. Debian-based installation - For Ubuntu and others
   2. RPM-based installation - For Red Hat, CentOS, openSuse and others.

Run commands

1. Make sure the following environment variables are set. Example:

   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/senzing/g2/lib:/opt/senzing/g2/lib/debian:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
   export PYTHONPATH=/opt/senzing/g2/python

2. View file-input subcommand parameters. Example:

   cd ${GIT_REPOSITORY_DIR}
   ./resolver.py file-input --help

3. Run command for file input/output. Example:

   cd ${GIT_REPOSITORY_DIR}
   ./resolver.py file-input \
     --input-file test/test-data-1.json \
     --output-file ${GIT_REPOSITORY_DIR}/resolver-output.json

4. Run command for starting HTTP API. Example:

   cd ${GIT_REPOSITORY_DIR}
   ./resolver.py service

5. Test HTTP API. Once service has started, try the HTTP requests.