Scripts for downloading oral history data

1. Download all oral history audio, images, and metadata as json and csv files directly from oralhistory.nypl.org

python get_metadata_and_assets.py -out "path/to/output/dir/"

This script creates in the output directory:

• neighborhoods.json and neighborhoods.csv
• interviews.json and interviews.csv
• individual .json files for each interview which contain more metadata and annotations
• write images and audio to ./audio and ./images folders

2. Download all oral history transcripts as json, plain text, and web vtt files directly from transcribe.oralhistory.nypl.org

python get_transcripts.py -out "path/to/output/dir/"

This script creates in the output directory:

• A manifest transcripts.json file with links to each interview transcripts
• Individual folders for each interview that contains three formats of transcripts (.json, .txt, .vtt)
• .json files contain all the of the edits, while the .txt and .vtt contain the "best guess" transcriptions for each line