Hi Fae, Thanks for this insight, this is very helpful! I was not yet aware enough of that option in the regular GTW-interface . I'll modify my code to create 1 large XML-dump.... Best, Olaf -----Original Message----- From: Glamtools [mailto:glamtools-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of glamtools-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: dinsdag 16 februari 2016 13:00 To: glamtools(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Glamtools Digest, Vol 35, Issue 5 Send Glamtools mailing list submissions to glamtools(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glamtools or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to glamtools-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at glamtools-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Glamtools digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: [GWToolset] Uploading 350 books - via command line or API? (Fæ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:53:18 +0000 From: Fæ &lt;faewik(a)gmail.com&gt; To: Conversations revolving around the development of GLAM Digital Tools &lt;glamtools(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; Subject: Re: [Glamtools] [GWToolset] Uploading 350 books - via command line or API? Message-ID: &lt;CAH7nnD2MrU0GRA93j5oJCGfSfmn3288zJNeDQiYeqDFO1vrZNQ(a)mail.gmail.com&gt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 The easiest way is to merge your XML files into one large XML, then put this through the GWT. Though I can imagine ways of automating the front end of GWT, it would be a clumsy way of going about it. If your concern is that you want to create separate book categories, then add a category field in the XML that can vary by book. You can add several variable categories as an option on the mappings page. For example <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DAILY_MENU_%28held_by%29_REVERE_HOUSE_%28at%29_%22BOSTON,_MA%22_%28%28HOTEL%3F%29%29_%28NYPL_Hades-269316-476896%29.tiff> was uploaded with the category "NYPL Rare Book Division" automatically generated from the NYPL metadata. (To be fair, I'm not using the GWT for most of the NYPL material for reasons mentioned on the related project page.) Responding to J Hayes comment in this thread, you can mass upload to IA with off-the shelf Python modules. However just as much care should be taken to map out the metadata using IA's metadata options, as they are incredibly open/flexible, the archives tend to be confusingly inconsistent. This would still leave a challenge of finding a good mapping for Commons templates if you then wanted to upload from IA to Commons rather than from somewhere else. Fae On 15 February 2016 at 12:18, Olaf Janssen &lt;Olaf.Janssen(a)kb.nl&gt; wrote: -- faewik(a)gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ Glamtools mailing list Glamtools(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glamtools ------------------------------ End of Glamtools Digest, Vol 35, Issue 5 ****************************************