This tool automatically converts Vesper CSV exports into appropriate NFC checklists suitable for importing into eBird.
You need to have Node.js installed on your computer to use this program. Once you have node, you will automatically have npm installed, too. From your terminal, run this command:
npm i -g vesper-to-ebird
You will need to be comfortable with using your Terminal. I am not familiar with how to run this on Windows; I would suggest using something like Git BASH for using Bash and Node on Windows.
You'll also need to have Vesper installed and running; the input files this program expects can be exported as CSV files from Vesper's web client.
Usage
$ vesper-to-ebird input [opts]
Arguments
input The input file or files, space delimited
Options
--config Optional path containing configuration
--start The starting time
--stop An end time
--date Specify a single date
--station Specify the station manually
--export Export results to a file
Examples
$ vesper-to-ebird input.csv
$ vesper-to-ebird input.csv input2.csv
$ vesper-to-ebird input.csv --start="2020/09/04 21:30:00" --stop="2020/09/07 23:00:00" --export="2020-09-07 recorded"
$ vesper-to-ebird input.csv --date="2020/09/08"
$ vesper-to-ebird input.csv --station="NBNC"
$ vesper-to-ebird --config ~/mytotallysecret/settings.json input.csv --date="2020/09/08"
$ VESPER_TO_EBIRD_SETTINGS=~/mytotallysecret/settings.json vesper-to-ebird input.csv --date="2020/09/08"The settings file represents an individual setup, with examples in ./settings.json
Specific settings can be used via the command line option --config, passing a path to a viable json file, or by settings the VESPER_TO_EBIRD_SETTINGS as a path to the desired configuration file. Below are examples of each.
--config
$ vesper-to-ebird --config ~/.birdzallday/settings.json output.csv
ENV variable
$ export VESPER_TO_EBIRD_SETTINGS=~/.birdzallday/settings.json
$ vesper-to-ebird output.csv
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