Project: ovfparse

Website: github.com/ruby-ovf/ovfparse License: GPLv3 Mailing list: ruby-ovf@googlegroups.com Source Code: git://github.com/ruby-ovf/ovfparse.git

Requirements

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- ruby
- net/ftp
- net/http
- net/https
- nokogiri xml parser (native gem)

Install

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From inside your ovfparse directory: $ rake gem $ cd pkg $ gem install ovfparse

Or from RubyGems: $ gem install ovfparse

Example1

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uri = “file://../test_files” vmRepo = VmRepository.create(uri) #use factory method to get repo class puts “nn****************************n” puts “protocol: ” + vmRepo.protocol + “n” puts “url: ” + vmRepo.url + “n” puts “uri: ” + vmRepo.uri + “n” puts vmRepo.fetch #shows all the packages available at the repo

Example2

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# use factory method to get correct package type package = VmPackage.create(“ambrosia/repo/someOVF.ovf”) # retrieve package package.fetch # spit out package xml puts package.xml

Example3

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# use factory method to get correct package type package = VmPackage.create(“ambrosia/repo/someOVF.ovf”) # retrieve package package.fetch # spit out specific xml section puts package.ProductSection

Useful tips

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‘method_missing’ is implemented to return xml nodes of the section that is named like the missing method. For example, if your xml has a section called <FirstName>some data</FirstName> you can simply request the object through any of the following methods:

node = package.first_name()
node = package.first_name
node = package.FirstName()
node = package.FirstName